Soft exudates deposits seen in which layer of retina?: (A) Outer plexiform layer, (B) Inner nuclear layer, (C) Ganglionic layer, (D) Rods and cones cell layer
Answer is C. Soft Exudates (SE) - aka "Cotton Wool Spots" - these lesions appear as white, feathery, fluffy or "cottony" spots. SE's physically represent infarcts, or closures of capillaries, within the retina; however the physical locations of these lesions are in the very exterior layer of theretina (in the nerve fiber layer). Ref AK khurana 6/e p 156