| A history of coronary artery bypass grafting or angioplasty was associated with macular degeneration. |
| Clinical trials have not proved any drugs to be effective in preventing or treating atrophic or exudative age-related macular degeneration. |
| Loss of vitreous gel can occur, predisposing the patient to postoperative inflammation, macular oedema, or retinal detachment. |
| Pityriasis rosea may lead to a truncal macular rash, sometimes with pruritus. |
| However, a reddish-purple macular rash with lesions about 3 to 8 mm in diameter was scattered across the abdomen and upper thighs. |
| New treatments such as photodynamic therapy and macular surgery may limit the extent of visual loss and in a few cases even restore sight. |
