Initially it was a flat brownish macule, which she had for many years. The patient reported that the lesion had become slightly raised with irregular borders over a period of 4 weeks prior to her ...

Lesions are typically unilateral and favor thickly keratinized skin. The classic clinical feature consists of a black or violet-black macule on an area of the body susceptible to sudden impact ...

On fundus examination, geographic atrophy appears as well-defined regions with greater visibility of the choroidal vasculature in the macula. Lesions may be small and multifocal early in the ...