title: The "pitchfork sign" a distinctive optical coherence tomography finding in inflammatory choroidal neovascularization.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report four examples of a novel optical coherence tomography finding, which appears to be characteristic of inflammatory choroidal neovascularization.
  
  
  METHODS
  Retrospective observational case series.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Four eyes of four patients were diagnosed clinically with inflammatory choroidal neovascularization and underwent optical coherence tomography. In each case, imaging revealed multiple, distinctive finger-like projections extending from the area of active choroidal neovascularization into the outer retina-the "pitchfork sign"--a finding not typically seen in Type 2 neovascularization due to other etiologies.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The pitchfork sign may help distinguish inflammatory choroidal neovascularization from other causes of Type 2 neovascularization.
authors.affiliation: Vitreous Retina Macula Consultants of New York, New York, New York 10022, USA.
authors.forename: Quan V
authors.initials: QV
authors.lastname: Hoang
authors.forename: Emmett T
authors.initials: ET
authors.lastname: Cunningham
authors.forename: John A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Sorenson
authors.forename: K Bailey
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Freund
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D020256:Choroidal Neovascularization / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence; D055815:Young Adult