[Terminology and classification of macular degeneration of old people (MDO)].

The paper presents the main clinical and histopathological research, relevant for the evolution of concepts regarding the terminology and classification of MDO. Because of the insufficient knowledge of the etiopathogenic under-stratum of the affection, a thorough classification could not have been elaborated until now. We propose a classification based on the clinical aspect and the histopathological under-stratum of the affection. Two main degenerative categories could be revealed: the senile macular degeneration of the old man, located at the level of the "choroid papilla, EPR, Bruch membrane" complex; other forms of macular degeneration of the old man, located at the level of retinal structures. For the Romanian literature, we propose the term "macular degeneration of the old man". The term is considered stylistically adequate and more accurate, compared with the term "macular degeneration related to age".