[Focal retinal pigment epithelium proliferation as a risk factor for occult choroidal neovascularisation].
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate the relationship between isolated focal retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) proliferation and development of occult choroidal neovascularisation.


METHODS
The natural clinical course of 43 eyes of 39 patients was analyzed. Patients with RPE proliferation as an isolated manifestation of retinal degeneration were included in this study. The mean age of patients was 75.0 (69-94). The mean observation period was 41.4 months (6-63).


RESULTS
In 30 eyes (70%), occult choroidal neovascularisation occurred, in 13 eyes (30%), that complication was not observed. The development of neovascularisation was correlated with the presence of neovascular membrane in the fellow eye.


CONCLUSIONS
Based on presented data we can estimate that isolated focal proliferation of retinal pigment epithelium is an important risk factor for the development of occult choroidal neovascularisation.
Swiech-Zubilewicz
Anna
A
Z Kliniki Okulistyki Uniwersytetu Medycznego w Lublinie.
Dolar-Szczasny
Joanna
J
Zarnowski
Tomasz
T
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D049109:Cell Proliferation; D005260:Female; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010857:Pigment Epithelium of Eye / Q000473:pathology*; D011044:Poland; D015861:Retinal Neovascularization / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*; D012307:Risk Factors