Pachychoroid neovasculopathy in extramacular choroidal neovascularization

To review a series of extramacular choroidal neovascular membranes (CNVMs) in the context of their choroidal features, as determined by optical coherence tomography (OCT). Patients with extramacular CNVMs were identified from a tertiary care center through a review of records. The charts and cases w...

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Published in:Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) N.Z.), 2016-01, Vol.10, p.1275-1282
Main Authors: Gupta, Mrinali Patel, Rusu, Irene, Seidman, Carly, Orlin, Anton, D'Amico, Donald J, Kiss, Szilard
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Macular degeneration
Medical imaging
Neovascularization
Ophthalmology
Original Research
Retina
Vascular endothelial growth factor
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Summary:To review a series of extramacular choroidal neovascular membranes (CNVMs) in the context of their choroidal features, as determined by optical coherence tomography (OCT). Patients with extramacular CNVMs were identified from a tertiary care center through a review of records. The charts and cases were reviewed using multimodal imaging including fundus photography, OCT, fluorescein angiography (FA), and indocyanine angio-graphy (ICG). Of six patients with extramacular CNVMs evaluated in this series, four patients (66.7%) exhibited pachychoroidopathy on OCT imaging under or adjacent to the extramacular CNVM. All four of these patients also exhibited pachychoroidopathy in the macular OCT distant from the CNVM. Pachychoroidopathy is implicated in some cases of extramacular CNVMs. This represents the first report, to our knowledge, of pachychoroidopathy in extramacular CNVM.
ISSN:1177-5467
1177-5483
1177-5483
DOI:10.2147/OPTH.S105080