[Hereditary drusen of Bruch's membrane. I. Clinical and light microscopical study ]

The authors describe a family with autosomal-dominant inheritance of hereditary Bruch's membrane drusen. After the death of the proband who was kept under clinical observation with fluorescein-angiographic examination over a period of seven years, the authors obtained the bulbus for histopathologic study. Light microscopic changes in the boundary-line structures of the retina and choroid and the occurrence of an intraretinal membrane in the maculopapillary bunch area are described. This membrane is thought to represent a "predisciform stage" in the development of this hereditary dystrophy.