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GRAEFES ARCHIVE FOR CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL OPHTHALMOLOGY
Volume 255, Issue 2, Pages 281-291Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-016-3452-5
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Age-related macular degeneration; Drusen-like deposit; Pigmentary change; Polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy
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The purpose was to investigate precursor lesions of polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV). This cross-sectional study involved 276 unaffected contralateral eyes from unilateral PCV patients (Group 1), unilateral typical exudative age-related macular degeneration (AMD) patients (Group 2), and unilateral epiretinal membrane patients (Group 3) as age-matched controls. Grayish-yellow sub-retinal or sub-retinal-pigment-epithelial deposits larger than 63 mu m in size with irregular but discrete margins were defined as drusen-like deposits (DLDs). The frequencies of DLDs, drusen, and pigmentary changes in each group were compared. DLDs larger than 125 mu m in size were found more frequently in Group 1 (19.5 %) than in Groups 2 (3.4 %) and 3 (3.2 %) (p < 0.001). Soft drusen were discovered more frequently in Group 2 eyes than in Groups 1 and 3 (p < 0.001). Pigmentary changes were found more frequently in Groups 1 and 2 compared to Group 3. Compared with the other groups, Group 1 manifested a higher frequency of choroidal vascular hyperpermeability (p < 0.005) and thicker choroid (p < 0.001). The precursor lesions of PCV are different from those of exudative AMD. DLDs larger than 125 mu m and pigmentary changes may be early preclinical markers of PCV. Long-term longitudinal studies are warranted for validation.
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