THE WEEK IN ROCK
I HAD A PRETTY DECENT WEEK, LAST WEEK, REGARDING THE ANGIOGRAPHY I AM
LEARNING AT CAROLINA EYE. HERE IS A SAMPLING OF THE WORK I DID LAST WEEK.

PIGMENT EPITHELIAL DETACHMENT WITH A PROBABLE OCCULT SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULAR MEMBRANE

PATHOLOGIC MYOPIA WITH PERIPAPILLARY ATROPHYDRY AGE RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION WITH FINE DRUSENI MUST THANK BILL AND MELANY (THE HEART & SOUL OF CAROLINA EYE'S PHOTOGRAPHY DEPT.)

FOR ALL OF THEIR COACHING, ENCOURAGEMENT, AND PATIENCE UP TO THIS POINT.
THEIR MENTORING HAS BEEN THE KEY TO MY DEVELOPMENT AND SUCCESS.

D R U S E N
DRUSEN IS A BUILD-UP OF LIPID AND PROTEIN MATERIAL BETWEEN THE RETINAL
PIGMENT EPITHELIAL (RPE) AND THE CHORIOCAPILLARIS LAYERS OF THE RETINA.
THE PALE YELLOW/WHITE SPOTS IN THE COLOR AND RED-FREE PHOTOS BELOW ARE DRUSEN.

ALTHOUGH DRUSEN IS TYPICALLY ASSOCIATED WITH AGE RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION, THE EXACT CAUSE
OF DRUSEN AND WHETHER IT IS A SYMPTOM OF OR A PRECURSOR TO ARMD IS NOT COMPLETELY CLEAR.