Paying attention to the concept and research of pachychoroid disease spectrum
10.3760/cma.j.issn.2095-0160.2017.05.001
- VernacularTitle:关注黄斑区肥厚型脉络膜疾病谱的概念及研究
- Author:
Xinyuan, ZHANG
;
Y.Y.Lai TIMOTHY
- Keywords:
Pachychoroid disease spectrum;
Swept source OCT;
Pathogenesis;
Fundus images
- From:
Chinese Journal of Experimental Ophthalmology
2017;35(5):385-390
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Pachychoroid disease spectrum is a novel concept in ophthalmology upon the development of ocular diagnosis and treatment.Recent breakthroughs and advancements in OCT imaging technology such as enhanceddepth imaging spectral-domain OCT (EDI-OCT) and swept source OCT (SS-OCT) have led to improvements in scanning speed,depth,scanning mode and software.This allows better and more detailed visualization of more posterior and deeper structures such as choroid or sclera.The newly developed EDI-OCT and SS-OCT provide a new basis for the diagnosis and classification of the retinal choroidal diseases.Pachychoroid disease spectrum,a group of chronic persistent choroidal thickening associated with a similar clinical phenotype and pathogenesis of disease were named recently based on higher spatial resolution and more detailed choroidal imaging captured by EDI-OCT or SS-OCT.Ophthalmologists should pay more attentions to this new concept and its relative information.In this paper,the concept,pathogenesis,and phenotype of pachychoroid disease spectrum are emphasized.
