[Criteria for diagnosis of polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy].
Diagnostic criteria for polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy were proposed as follows on the basis of fundus examination and/or indocyanine-green angiographic (IA) findings. Definite cases meet at least one of the following criteria: 1. Protruded orange-red elevated lesions are observed by fundus examination. 2. Characteristic polypoidal lesions are seen in IA findings. ing criteria: 1. Only an abnormal vascular network is seen in IA. 2. Recurrent hemorrhagic and/or serous detachments of the retinal pigment epithelium are observed.
D002829:Choroid / Q000098:blood supply*; D015862:Choroid Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D005654:Fundus Oculi; D006801:Humans; D007208:Indocyanine Green; D016491:Peripheral Vascular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011127:Polyps / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012015:Reference Standards
D007208:Indocyanine Green