[Polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy--a rare form of choroidal neovascularization].
OBJECTIVE
To present two cases of polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV).


METHODS
Two 85- and 76-years old female patients were enrolled in the study. One patient was referred to the Ophthalmology Clinic in Krakow with the presumptive diagnosis of the choroid tumor in the left eye. The other one was suspected of choroidal neovascularization (CNV) in the course of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in the left eye. Both patients underwent the basic ophthalmic examination, fluorescein (FA) and indocyanine green (ICGA) angiography. Additionally ocular ultrasonography and MRI of the head and orbits were performed in the patient suspected of the choroid tumor.


RESULTS
Performed investigations, especially the results of ICGA allowed to establish the definitive diagnosis of polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy in both cases.


CONCLUSIONS
Our study shows potential diagnostic difficulties occurring in patients with PCV and indicate ICGA as the method of choice confirming the diagnosis.
Weglarz
Monika
M
Z Kliniki Okulistyki i Onkologii Okulistycznej Katedry Okulistyki Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego Collegium Medicum w Krakowie.
Karska-Basta
Izabella
I
Kubicka-Trzaska
Agnieszka
A
Romanowska-Dixon
Bozena
B
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002829:Choroid / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000473:pathology*; D002830:Choroid Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D020256:Choroidal Neovascularization / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D004396:Coloring Agents; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007208:Indocyanine Green; D008268:Macular Degeneration / Q000175:diagnosis; D016491:Peripheral Vascular Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*
D004396:Coloring Agents; D007208:Indocyanine Green