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SUBMITTER: Wong RL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3957043 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wong Raymond L M RL Lai Timothy Y Y TY
Journal of ophthalmic & vision research 20131001 4
Polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV) is a retinal disease involving the choroidal vasculature characterized by the presence of polypoidal lesions with or without branching vascular network best seen on indocyanine green angiography (ICGA). Clinical features of PCV include recurrent subretinal hemorrhage; serosanguineous pigment epithelial detachment, subretinal exudation and serous retinal detachment. PCV is more prevalent among Asians and Blacks as compared to Caucasians and has been found t ...[more]