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A. Lommatzsch et al.

 

 

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RPE

RPE detachment

Basal membrane

ICL

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OCL

Choriocapillaris

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RPE

RPE detachment

Basal membrane

ICL

EL

OCL

Choriocapillaris

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Fig. 5.18 Sketches concerning the pathogenesis of pigment epithelial detachment (a) by Gass [53]: serous fluid derived from choroidal capillaries invades the lumen under the RPE and (b) by Bird and Marshall [100]: hydrophobic barrier by deposition of lipids in Bruch’s membrane; combination of stimulated growth for capillaries from choroid und resistance against the directed removal of fluid from RPE; ICL inner collagenous layer, EL elastic layer, OCL outer collagenous layer

cause the accumulation of fluid in PED, whereby the respective fluid proportion contributed may vary.

5.5Geographic Atrophy of the RPE

Geographic atrophy of the RPE is caused by expansive destruction of RPE cells and consecutive regression of drusen accompanied by choroidal atrophy and regression of the sensory neural retina. The combination of cellular age processes and an excessive lipofuscin accumulation is blamed for causing the subsequent cell death of the RPE cells. A slow progression is characteristic.

It is still unclear if the neovascular (wet) and the non-neovascular (dry) form of AMD have different etiologies. Some findings may support different causes, i.e., dry AMD is associated with hypertension [123].

Geographic atrophy is characterized by the development of areas with degenerated RPE and regressed neural retina with intact Bruch’s membrane and without any new subretinal blood vessels. Geographic

Fig. 5.19 Geographic atrophy (a) demonstrated in the fundus by ophthalmoscopy and (b) as seen in autofluorescence imaging

atrophy is suggested to be the natural end stage of advanced AMD.

The distance of cells to their supplying vessels in the adult organism is optimized to ensure ideal oxygen and nutrient maintenance. Therefore, even small changes in the choroidal blood flow underlying the macular area may induce signal cascades leading to neovascularization or degeneration [97]. In addition to age, epidemiological studies revealed smoking as a risk factor for AMD, especially for the dry form with geographic atrophy [124].