IMPROVED VISUALIZATION OF POLYPOIDAL CHOROIDAL VASCULOPATHY LESIONS USING SPECTRAL-DOMAIN OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY.
Purpose: To report the tomographic features of vascular lesions beneath the retinal pigment epithelium in eyes with polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy by using spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT).
Design: Retrospective observational case series.
Methods: Angiograms and images obtained using the prototype SD-OCT system were compared for 21 eyes of 21 patients with polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy to identify sub-retinal pigment epithelium abnormalities visible on three-dimensional and enhanced SD-OCT images.
Results: On angiography, a branching vascular network and at least 1 polypoidal lesion were visible in all 21 eyes; 10 eyes also had pigment epithelial detachment (PED). SD-OCT revealed a thin straight line ...
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