... Abstract Purpose: To analyze the morphological characteristics of polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV) on optical coherence tomography angiography (OCT-A). Methods: Consecutive patients with PCV underwent complete ophthalmological examination, including fundus photography...

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..., central serous chorioretinopathy, and polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy. The OCT is an important complementary tool in detecting activity of diseases such as choroidal neovascularization and polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy, and is indispensable in monitoring the response to treatment and decision-making...

...). Materials and Method: A series of 90 patients with AMD comprising 30 cases of subfoveal fibrovascular pigment epithelial detachment, 15 cases of classic CNV and 35 cases of polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy. Fluorescein angiography, indocyanine green angiography and OCT (Spectralis, Heidelberg, Germany...

...). Fig. 2 FA of the same case, 3 months after PDT, showing the dark hypofluorescent halo typical of the treatment and leakage cessation (best corrected VA 20/25). Polypoidal Choroidal Vasculopathy Polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV) is due to an abnormal choroidal circulation, resulting...

...: “plaque” and “hot spot.” Also, confocal dynamic ICGA was able to detect the anatomic characteristics of the lesions (e.g., the “racquet-like” and the “umbrella-like” pattern) leading to the discovery of 2 new pathological entities as “polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy” (PCV) and “retinal angiomatous...

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... information of the normal anatomy and pathological features seen in many retinal conditions. OCT has proven invaluable in the diagnosis and monitoring of diseases such as age-related macular degeneration, polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy, diabetic retinopathy, retinal vein occlusions, and pathological myopia...

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... such as age-related macular degeneration, pachychoroid disease (e.g., central serous chorioretinopathy, pachychoroid neovasculopathy, and polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy), myopic degeneration, inflammatory disease, inherited retinal and choroidal dystrophies, as well as in choroidal tumors. A quick...

.... These results are statistically different from CT in wet age-related macular disease (171.2 ± 38.5 µm) and from CT in dry early age-related macular disease (177.4 ± 49.7 µm), as well as from CT in vascular polypoidal choroidopathy (438.3 ± 87.8 µm) and CT in central serous choroidopathy (367.81 ± 105.56 μm...

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... angiomatous proliferation (RAP) and polypoidal CNV. In addition to still images, videoangiography allows for assessment of the dynamic features, including the filling pattern, speed, and pulsations within the vessels. Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration Neovascular AMD typically presents...

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