title: [Idiopathic polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy leading to blindness].
abstract: Idiopathic polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (IPCV) has recently been recognized as a distinct cause of recurrent subretinal hemorrhages and exudates as well as multiple hemorrhagic retinal pigment epithelium detachments in the macula. IPCV is usually considered to have a good visual prognosis. We report the case of a 44-year-old woman with particularly severe bilateral macular and peripheral IPCV. The patient was followed for 13 years and had final visual acuity of counting fingers in the right eye and 20/400 in the left eye. Patients with IPCV with macular choroidal neovascularization tend to have a poor visual prognosis. This case of IPCV should alert the physician to be particularly attentive to the follow-up of these patients.
authors.affiliation: Pôle Hospitalo-Universitaire d'Ophtalmologie Saint-Antoine Quinze-Vingts, 28, rue de Charenton, 75571 Paris Cedex 12, France.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bourcier
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Français
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Touzeau
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Blain
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Borderie
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Laroche
mesh_terms: D001766:Blindness / Q000209:etiology*; D002832:Choroid Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography