Peiretti Enrico, Pozzoni Maria C, Fossarello Maurizio, Spaide Richard F
From the *Vitreous Retina Macula Consultants of New York, the LuEsther T. Merz Retina Research Laboratory, Manhattan Eye Ear and Throat Hospital, New York; and †Department of Surgical Sciences, Eye Clinic, University of Cagliari, Italy.
Retin Cases Brief Rep. 2009 Winter;3(1):12-4. doi: 10.1097/ICB.0b013e318166bd70.
To report an association between polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV) and choroidal nevus in two patients.
Two patients with subretinal exudation associated with a choroidal nevus had a complete ophthalmologic examination, slit-lamp biomicroscopy, color fundus photography, fluorescein angiography (FA), and indocyanine green angiography (ICG).
In the two eyes of the two patients with choroidal nevus, choroidal neovascularization with PCV-like characteristics was detected by ICG angiography.
PCV-like vascular changes can be associated with choroidal nevus, and ICG can help delineate the nature of the neovascularization in patients with choroidal nevus.