期刊
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY
卷 32, 期 2, 页码 767-780出版社
SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
DOI: 10.1177/11206721211036290
关键词
Pachychoroid; pachychoroid neovasculopathy; choroidal neovascular membrane
资金
- Hyderabad Eye Research Foundation
- DBT Wellcome Trust India Alliance Clinical Research Training Programme Fellowship [IA/CRC/19/1/610010]
In recent years, there have been significant changes in our understanding of choroidal diseases, thanks to advancements in retinal and choroidal imaging. The establishment of pachychoroid and its spectrum of clinical disorders represents a major conceptual shift, with overlaps in manifestations and treatments making differentiation challenging. Future research is needed to validate the assumptions behind current treatment strategies for pachychoroid neovasculopathy and compare it with other disorders in the pachychoroid spectrum.
There have been major changes in our understanding of choroidal diseases in the last decade owing to multiple retinal and choroidal imaging related advances. A major conceptual pivot is establishment of pachychoroid and its spectrum of clinical disorders: pachychoroid pigment epitheliopathy, central serous chorioretinopathy, pachychoroid neovasculopathy, polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy/aneurysmal type 1 neovascularization, peripapillary pachychoroid syndrome, and focal choroidal excavation. However, considerable overlaps in manifestations and therapeutics of these disorders make differentiation amongst them difficult. This review is focused on pathogenesis and clinical aspects of pachychoroid neovasculopathy (PNV). Since PNV was defined as a separate entity around 5 years ago, there have been numerous contrasting observations surrounding it. We review and summarize these studies, and also compare PNV with other disorders of the pachychoroid spectrum in detail. There are important differences between etiologies of neovascular age related macular degeneration and PNV. Yet the current treatment strategies for PNV have been extrapolated from the trials for the former. Future research needs to validate this assumption with long-term results.
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