Characteristics and treatment response of polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy in highly myopic eyes.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To compare the characteristics and treatment responses of polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV) between highly myopic and non-highly myopic eyes.

Methods

This retrospective cohort study included patients diagnosed with PCV at the clinic of National Taiwan University Hospital between 2013 and 2019. The diseased eyes were grouped per refractive error and axial length at diagnosis. Imaging data were used to retrieve the PCV characteristics, and electronic medical records were used to retrieve the treatment responses.

Results

Among 116 eyes with PCV, 11 eyes of 10 patients were highly myopic; seven of these patients were women. All highly myopic eyes showed a thin subfoveal choroid, while three eyes had a pachychoroid phenotype with significant focal choroida

SUBMITTER: Huang WL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10276041 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature