[Degenerative choroidal atrophy (author's transl)]

Based on of 10 personal observations, the authors discuss the modes of onset and the various clinical, functional and genetic aspects of primary degenerative choroidal atrophies. Central areolar atrophy may be the only lesion or is sometimes associated with other signs of a more extensive degeneration (fundus flavimaculatus, degeneration of the posterior pole). Among the diffuse forms a familial case is reported which can be interpreted as a sectorial hypoplasia, and a case similar to a choroideremia, but with recessive transmission.