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ACTA OPHTHALMOLOGICA
Volume 100, Issue 1, Pages E270-E277Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/aos.14866
Keywords
age‐ related macular degeneration; dense exudates; intraretinal haemorrhage; macular neovascularization; retinal angiomatous proliferation
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This study aimed to explore and validate the role of macular haemorrhage and exudate in the diagnosis of macular neovascularization type 3 (MNV3). The results showed that the existence and pattern of distribution of intraretinal haemorrhage can be a valuable diagnostic marker for MNV3, distinguishing it from other types of neovascularization.
Background/Aims To explore whether the existence and pattern of distribution of macular haemorrhage or exudate can be valuable diagnostic markers for macular neovascularization type 3 (MNV3) in patients with neovascular age-related macular degeneration. Methods Eighty-three eyes of 83 consecutive treatment naive patients with stage 3 MNV3 were enrolled. The diagnosis was based on fluorescein angiography (FA) and optical coherence tomography (OCT). Subretinal and intraretinal haemorrhage and dense exudates were evaluated on colour fundus photography. Fluorescein angiography (FA) images and OCT scans were used to identify the axial location of the haemorrhage. 83 patients with MNV1 and 83 with MNV2 were included as two control groups. Results In the MNV3 group, 62 (75%) eyes had intraretinal haemorrhage and 52 (63%) had dense exudates. 73 (88%) eyes had intraretinal haemorrhage and/or dense exudates. 41 (49%) had both pathologies. The intraretinal haemorrhage was flame shaped over the lesion and punctate or semi-punctate further away from it and directed to the fovea. No subretinal haemorrhage was noticed. In the MNV1 and MNV2 groups, 11 (13%) and 24 (29%) eyes had subretinal haemorrhage or dense exudates, respectively. No intraretinal haemorrhage was seen in the two control groups. The prevalence of exudates and haemorrhage (irrespective of its location) was greater in MNV3 than in MNV1 or 2 (p < 0.0001). Conclusion The existence and pattern of distribution of intraretinal haemorrhage is pathognomonic of MNV3. It makes (alone or with dense exudates) the diagnose MNV3 possible using fundoscopy or colour fundus photo and without further diagnostic expenditure.
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