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ArticleClinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.)2014

Spectral-domain optical coherence tomography findings in polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy suggest a type 1 neovascular growth pattern.

Saeed T Alshahrani, Hanan N Al Shamsi, Eman S Kahtani, Nicola G Ghazi

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Saeed T AlshahraniKing Fahad Specialist Hospital, Dammam, Saudi Arabia ; King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Hanan N Al ShamsiKing Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Eman S KahtaniKing Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Nicola G GhaziKing Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia ; University of Virginia, Department of Ophthalmology, Charlottesville, VA, USA.

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Abstract

purposeTo report spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) findings in polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV). PATIENTS AND

methodsSeventeen eyes of 15 consecutive patients diagnosed with PCV based on typical clinical and angiographic findings were imaged with macular SD-OCT including line scans passing through the polyps.

resultsSD-OCT findings included typical and atypical retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) detachments and subretinal and intraretinal fluid in all eyes. In the areas corresponding to the polypoidal lesions, well-delineated round-oval, sub-RPE cavities were present and were adherent to the posterior surface of the detached RPE above Bruch membrane. No retinal or choroidal connections to the cavities were noted.

conclusionThese SD-OCT findings document that the vascular lesions in PCV are not located in the inner choroid, but in the sub-RPE space, suggesting that PCV is a variant of type 1 choroidal neovascularization rather than a distinct clinical entity as initially thought.

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choroidal neovascularizationretinal pigment epithelial detachmentsSD-OCTtype 1 choroidal neovascularizationvascular lesion

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