Revista Brasileira de Oftalmologia (Feb 2015)

Drusen-like beneath retinal deposits in type II mesangiocapillary glomerulonephritis: a review

  • Miguel Hage Amaro,
  • Cristina Muccioli,
  • Mario Martins do Santos Motta,
  • Jorge Mitre,
  • João Jorge Nassaralla,
  • Luiz Augusto Siqueira Silva,
  • Teruo Aihara

DOI
https://doi.org/10.5935/0034-7280.20150012
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 74, no. 1
pp. 49 – 52

Abstract

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The aim of this paper is to do a review of Drusen-like beneath retinal deposits in type II mesangiocapillary glomerulonephritis. Drusenlike beneath retinal deposits in type II mesangiocapillary glomerulonephritis appear to develop at an early age, often second decade of life different of drusen from age-related macular degeneration (AMD).Long term follow-up of the cases in this disease shows in the most of them, no progression of the of drusen-like beneath retinal deposits in type II mesangiocapillary glomerulonefritis, the most of subjects retain good visual acuity and no specific treatment is indicated.

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