Brief interpretation of the consensus nomenclature for reporting neovascular age-related macular degeneration data
10.3760/cma.j.cn511434-20220128-00055
- VernacularTitle:新生血管性老年性黄斑变性亚型报告的国际新命名专家共识解读
- Author:
Yiliu YANG
1
;
Tingting YANG
;
Fang LU
;
Xiaoxin LI
Author Information
1. 四川大学华西医院眼科, 成都 610041
- Keywords:
Wet macular degeneration;
Neovascularization, pathologic;
Consensus;
Interpretation
- From:
Chinese Journal of Ocular Fundus Diseases
2022;38(2):99-107
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
With the rapid development of fundus imaging technology, it is of great significance to establish a new naming system for neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD) based on the multi-mode imaging. In 2020, an international panel of retina specialists, imaging and image reading center experts, and ocular pathologists reached a consensus after repeated discussions, a new name for nAMD subtype and related lesions was established based on the previous knowledge of fundus fluorescein angiography and pathology, combining indocyanine green angiography, optical coherence tomography and optical coherence tomography angiography with current pathological knowledge, in order to help ophthalmologists to study nAMD. The consensus proposed the term "macular neovascularization" and classified it into type 1, type 2 and type 3. Many lesions related to macular neovascularization, such as pigment epithelial detachment, hemorrhage, fibrosis, rip of retinal pigment epithelium and so on, were named. The new designation will help improve clinical communication between different studies, establish standard definitions and terms between reading centers and researchers, and further promote the understanding and communication of nAMD among ophthalmologists.
