Hard exudates are hard deposits of lipids that form when fluid leaks from blood vessels. They occur in numerous eye diseases characterised by leaking blood vessels in the eye.
When exudate (fluid from the blood vessels) leaks into the eye, many of the components of the fluid will be reabsorbed. However, lipids may not be reabsorbed and instead cluster to form hard exudates.
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