Polypoidal Choroidal Vasculopathy
| Autor: | Joon-Bom Kim, Rajinder S. Nirwan, Ajay E. Kuriyan |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry complex mixtures Dermatology Article 03 medical and health sciences Ophthalmology 0302 clinical medicine Choroidal neovascularization Epidemiology otorhinolaryngologic diseases 030221 ophthalmology & optometry medicine medicine.symptom business 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Popis: | The goal of this paper is to review the recent literature of polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV) and provide an update on the epidemiology, pathophysiology, clinical findings, and management.Although indocyanine-green angiography (ICGA) is still the gold standard for diagnosis of PCV, the use ofPCV is a disease most commonly in Asians and African-Americans and presents with an orange-red nodule in the macula or the peripapillary region. While ICGA remains the most accurate method to diagnose PCV, newer non-invasive imaging modalities (eg. OCT-A and |
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