Characteristics of the ocular fundus of Chinese patients with polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy
- VernacularTitle:息肉状脉络膜血管病变的眼底特征分析
- Author:
Feng WEN
;
Dezheng WU
;
Haitao LI
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Retinal disease/diagnosis;
Choroidal diseases/diagnosis;
Macular degeneration;
Fluorescein angiograhy;
Indocyanine green/diagnostic use
- From:
Chinese Journal of Ocular Fundus Diseases
2003;0(05):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To investigate the characteristics of the ocular fundus of Chinese patients with polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV). Methods The photographs of ocular fundus of 42 Chinese patients (48 eyes) with PCV diagnosed by fundus photography, fundus fluorescein angiography (FFA), and indocyanine green angiography (ICGA) were analyzed. Results In 48 eyes with PCV, 35 (72.9%) had subretinal hemorrhage, 13 (27.1%) had yellow-white exudation, 7 (14.6%) had subretinal tuberculum-like focus in tangerine peel at the posterior pole, and 26 (54.2%) had hemorrhagic or serous pigment epithelium detachment (PED). Thirty-six eyes (75.0%) had polypoidal dilations with branching vascular network, and the other 12 (25.0%) had scattered polypoidal dilations without identifiable continuous branching vascular network. The location for these lesions were at the macular region in 30 eyes (62 5%), arcade region in 6 (12.5%), peripapillary region in 3 (6.3%), and combination region in 9 (18.8%). Conclusions Most of the lesions in Chinese patients with PCV locate at the macular region and temporal vascular arcade. Most eyes are characterized by branching choroidal vessels with polyplike terminal aneurysmal dilations in ICGA.
