title: Bilateral polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy coexisting with exudative and atrophic age-related macular degeneration.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To present the case of simultaneous presentation of polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV) and aged-related macular degeneration (AMD).
  
  
  METHODS
  An 83-year-old woman presented with decreased vision in the left eye (LE). In the examination there was an orange peripapillary lesion surrounded by lipid exudates and another subfoveal greyish lesion in the LE. Disciform scarring was observed in the right eye. Fluorescein angiography showed a classic neovascular membrane in in the LE fovea. Indocyanine angiography (ICGA) showed a polyp-like peri-papillary aneurysmal dilation in both eyes. The patient was treated with photodynamic therapy and anti-VEFG injections with stabilisation of the lesions.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  PCV and AMD can co-exist in unusual cases. When PCV is suspected, ICGA is mandatory for diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Oftalmología, Parc de Salut Mar, Hospital de la Esperanza, Barcelona, España. Electronic address: arjansa@gmail.com.
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Aronés-Santivañez
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Oftalmología, Parc de Salut Mar, Hospital de la Esperanza, Barcelona, España.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dyrda
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Oftalmología, Parc de Salut Mar, Hospital de la Esperanza, Barcelona, España.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Alarcón Valero
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002829:Choroid / Q000098:blood supply*; D015862:Choroid Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D057092:Geographic Atrophy / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008268:Macular Degeneration / Q000150:complications*
keywords: Age-related macular degeneration; Angiografía con verde indocianina; Anti-VEGF; Degeneración macular asociada a la edad; Indocyanine angiography; Photodynamic therapy; Polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy; Terapia fotodinámica; Vasculopatía coroidea polipoidea