Activation of quiescent polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy after membrane peeling vitrectomy for epiretinal membrane: a case report.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Regular membrane peeling vitrectomy for epiretinal membrane (ERM) patients seldom causes large pigment epithelial detachment (PED). We presented an unusual case of the activation of quiescent polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV) after membrane peeling vitrectomy for ERM, with an uneven therapeutic process.

Case presentation

A 75-year-old female patient complained of metamorphopsia in her left eye for 2 years. Her best-corrected visual acuity was 20/160 with a moderate nuclear cataract. An irregular ERM and slight PED were shown in optical coherence tomography (OCT). No obvious orange-red lesion was detected. The patient underwent vitrectomy + ERM peeling + cataract surgery. After the operation, large PED emerged, and indocyanine green angiography (ICGA) confirm

SUBMITTER: Wang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8422602 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature