wet macular degeneration
MONDO:0005417Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names wet macular degeneration yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
A form of RETINAL degeneration in which abnormal CHOROIDAL NEOVASCULARIZATION occurs under the RETINA and MACULA LUTEA, causing bleeding and leaking of fluid. This leads to bulging and or lifting of the macula and the distortion or destruction of central vision.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0005417), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Where it sits
- A kind of
Other names
4 names
Resolves to: wet macular degeneration
- Also called
- exudative senile macular degeneration of retinawet age related macular degenerationwet AMDwet ARMD