[Characteristics of optical coherence tomography for exudative age-related macular degeneration].
OBJECTIVE
To observe the characteristics of optical coherence tomography (OCT) for exudative age-related macular degeneration (AMD).


METHODS
Thirty-eight patients (42 eyes) diagnosed as exudative AMD by color fundus photography, fundus fluorescein angiography (FFA) and indocyanine green angiography (ICGA) were examined by OCT. The results of OCT were analyzed and compared with that of FFA and ICGA.


RESULTS
The characteristics of OCT for exudative AMD: fibrotic choroidal neovascularization (34 eyes), serous detachment of neurosensory epithelium (38 eyes), detachment of the nerve fiber layer (8 eyes), and hemorrhagic and serous detachment of retinal pigment epithelium (11 eyes and 9 eyes, respectively).


CONCLUSIONS
The major characteristic of OCT of exudative AMD is fibrotic choroidal neovascularization combined with serous and hemorrhagic detachment of neurosensory epithelium or retinal pigment epithelium, which would be helpful for diagnosing and evaluating exudative AMD.
He
Shouzhi
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Department of Ophthalmology, General Hospital of the PLA, Beijing 100853, China. heshouzhi@sina.com
Wang
Wei
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Li
Xiaoling
X
Tang
Ru
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D000368:Aged; D020256:Choroidal Neovascularization / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D006801:Humans; D008268:Macular Degeneration / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D014056:Tomography, X-Ray