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A Mouse Model for Laser-induced Choroidal Neovascularization
Published on: December 27, 2015
ASYMETRIC GROWTH OF MACULAR ATROPHY ASSOCIATED WITH UNDERLYING MATURE, NONEXUDATIVE CHOROIDAL NEOVASCULARIZATION
Jordi Monés1,2, Eduardo Rodríguez-Bocanegra2, Marc Biarnés1,2
1Institut de la Màcula, Barcelona, Spain; and.
Background/Purpose:
To describe a case study that shows a possible association between the slow growth rate of macular atrophy and the presence of underlying mature, nonexudative choroidal neovascularization.
Methods:
Case report.
Patient:
An 82-year-old woman with mixed age-related macular degeneration in both eyes was followed up for 6 years, with the last ranibizumab treatment given in the left eye more than 2 years previously. Evaluations included fluorescein angiography, spectral-domain optical coherence tomography, and optical coherence tomography angiography.
Results:
During follow-up, there was a peculiar growth of macular atrophy, involving mainly the superior nasal sector. No signs of exudation on fluorescein angiography or spectral-domain optical coherence tomography were apparent throughout this period. However, optical coherence tomography angiography showed a mature, nonexudative choroidal neovascularization under the foveal sparing area and surrounding all the boundaries of atrophy except in the superonasal sector. Macular atrophy growth was observed mainly in the region devoid of blood vessels.
Conclusion:
Growth of macular atrophy was more prominent in the region where mature, nonexudative choroidal neovascularization was absent. Nutrients provided by vessels from choroidal neovascularization may provide support to adjacent retinal pigment epithelium cells, slowing down the progression of atrophy.
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