IMAGING CHARACTERISTICS OF MACULAR NEOVASCULARIZATION IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC CENTRAL SEROUS CHORIORETINOPATHY.
Most macular neovascularization membranes in chronic central serous chorioretinopathy are loose.
IMAGING CHARACTERISTICS OF MACULAR NEOVASCULARIZATION IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC CENTRAL SEROUS CHORIORETINOPATHY.
To study the morphologic characteristics of Type1 macular neovascularization (macular neovascularization) in eyes with chronic central serous chorioretinopathy (central serous chorioretinopathy) using optical coherence tomography (optical coherence tomography) and optical coherence tomography angiography (OCT angiography).
With chronic central serous chorioretinopathy and secondary Type 1 macular neovascularization were included in the study.
most new blood vessel growths in the macula were loosely structured
All eyes exhibited neovascular flow signal on OCT angiography images.
Nineteen eyes (95%) showed flat-irregular pigment epithelium detachment (flat irregular pigment epithelium detachment [FIPED]).
Subretinal fluid (subretinal fluid) was detected in 90% of patients with no intraretinal fluid.
Membranes were mostly located at the subfoveal area (65%).
Neovascular membranes of chronic central serous chorioretinopathy sprout under the retinal pigment epithelium within the macular area (Type 1 macular neovascularization) inside an FIPED overlying pachyvessels.
Morphologic characteristics assessed by OCT angiography of loose and indistinct pattern improve our understanding of vessel formation and maturation in patients with chronic central serous chorioretinopathy and might be valuable to guide therapy.