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- Title
Neovascularization Associated with Large Retinal Pigment Epithelial Detachment in Elderly Korean Patients: Subdivision According to Indocyanine Green Angiographic Features.
- Authors
Won Ki Lee; Young Hoon Park; Phil Young Lee
- Abstract
Abstract Purpose In Korean patients, to subdivide the neovascular forms of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) associated with large retinal pigment epithelial detachment (PED), according to the indocyanine green angiographic features. Methods Indocyanine green angiograms (ICGA) of 67 elderly patients (72 eyes) who presented with a PED of at least 1 disc diameter were evaluated retrospectively. Results Polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV) and typical choroidal neovascularization (CNV)-associated PEDs were identified in 18 eyes (25%) and 19 eyes (26%), respectively. In ten eyes (13.9%), the exact type of neovascularization, whether PCV or CNV, could not be determined. Pure serous PEDs were identified in seven eyes (10%). The remaining 18 eyes (25%) were classified as having retinal angiomatous proliferation (RAP)-associated PED based upon the angiographic findings of vascular connections between the retinal vasculature and the neovascular complex. Conclusions Three subset groups of PCV, CNV, and RAP were present with similar frequency in neovascularized AMD with a large PED in these Korean patients. In particular, RAP, previously thought to be rare in Asian patients, was found to be present with considerable frequency. Jpn J Ophthalmol 2007;51:216–223 Japanese Ophthalmological Society 2007
- Subjects
NEOVASCULARIZATION; RETINAL degeneration; AGE factors in disease; CHOROID diseases; INDOCYANINE green
- Publication
Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology, 2007, Vol 51, Issue 3, p216
- ISSN
0021-5155
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10384-006-0430-1