title: SD-OCT findings in polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine patients with polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV), using spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) to characterise and locate the PCV lesions.
  
  
  METHODS
  A series of 15 eyes of 10 patients diagnosed with PCV were examined. All eyes were imaged with macular SD-OCT.
  
  
  RESULTS
  SD-OCT cross-sectional scan findings included atypical and typical pigment epithelial detachments (PEDs). Polyps and neovascularisation were located above Bruch membrane. All 15 eyes (100%) showed sub-retinal fluid (SRF) in association with PEDs.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These SD-OCT findings located the vascular lesions of PCV in the sub-retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) space, and strongly suggest that PCV is a variant of type 1 neovascularization.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Oftalmología, Hospital Clínico Universitario, Valladolid, España. Electronic address: victor_asensio@orangemail.es.
authors.forename: V M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Asensio-Sánchez
mesh_terms: D002829:Choroid; D020256:Choroidal Neovascularization / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D004396:Coloring Agents; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D006801:Humans; D007208:Indocyanine Green; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence
chemical_list: D004396:Coloring Agents; D007208:Indocyanine Green
keywords: Bruch membrane; Choroidal neovascularisation type 1; DEP; Membrana de Bruch; Neovascularización coroidea tipo 1; PED; Polyps; Pólipos; SD-OCT