[Correlation between visual acuity and ophthalmoscopic findings in presenile and senile macular degeneration]

The exisiting studies in macular degeneration reveal discrepancies between the ophthalmoscopic signs and the degree in reduction in vision. In this study the results of 156 ophthalmoscopic investigations are presented in order to clarify this correlation between the clinical findings and the loss of vision. The patients are divided into four groups, slight macular degenerations, representing group I, being at one of the scala, and very severe forms, representing group IV, being at the other end. Especially in the group I and II with slight macular degenerations very marked discrepancies were observed between the sligns having been obtained through the ophthalmoscope and the vision. In those cases the visual function was more impaired than to the expected from the ophthalmoscopic signs.