Autosomal dominant drusen

What it is

A rare, genetic macular dystrophy disorder characterized by the presence of small yellow-white accumulations of extracellular material under the retinal pigment epithelium in the ocular posterior pole, and affecting multiple members of a family. The disease has a variable clinical presentation ranging from asymptomatic patients to progressive loss of vision and scotomas, possibly associated with subfoveal choroidal neovascularization, extensive pigmentary changes, geographic atrophy and/or subretinal hemorrhage.

Key facts

Age of onset

Adult

Inheritance

Autosomal dominant

Classified as

Disease

Signs and symptoms

These ranges are how often a sign appears across everyone diagnosed, not a prediction for one person — most people have some of these and not others. Orphanet also records findings that are specifically absent in this disease; those are in the data but not listed here.

Genes

ICD-10 codes

ICD-10 has no distinct code for most rare diseases, so many are filed under the nearest available one. A shared code identifies the group, not this disease — the ORPHAcode above is what identifies it.

Related health topics

Reached through the ICD-10 categories this disease is filed under, so these describe the broader group rather than this disease specifically.

Cross-references