Silent polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy in a patient with angioid streaks
Zafer Cebeci1, Serife Bayraktar1, Merih Oray1
1Department of Ophthalmology, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey.
Arquivos Brasileiros De Oftalmologia
|July 28, 2016
Abstract:
We present a case of silent polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV) in a patient with angioid streaks. PCV was detected during a routine ophthalmic examination and confirmed by fluorescein angiography, indocyanine green angiography, and optical coherence tomography. After 2 years of follow-up, the PCV remained silent without any complications. We report this rare coexistence and review literature on this topic.
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