Polypoidal Choroidal Vasculopathy Complicating Retinal Laser in Quiescent Uveitis
A 58-year-old Afro-Caribbean gentleman with a diagnosis of quiescent systemic lupus erythematosus- (SLE-) related occlusive retinal vasculitis was previously treated with sector pan-retinal photocoagulation in his right eye to control temporal retinal neovascularization. At routine review he was fou...
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| description | A 58-year-old Afro-Caribbean gentleman with a diagnosis of quiescent systemic lupus erythematosus- (SLE-) related occlusive retinal vasculitis was previously treated with sector pan-retinal photocoagulation in his right eye to control temporal retinal neovascularization. At routine review he was found to have a focal area of subretinal fluid in the temporal macula sparing an ischaemic fovea. Fundus fluorescein angiography and indocyanine green angiography confirmed a branching vascular network (BVN) and terminal polys (i.e., polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV)). Interestingly, the BVN arose within an old laser scar. To our knowledge this is the first report of PCV in uveitis in an Afro-Caribbean patient and of the lesions arising within a laser scar. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-45d75c5fe21a475bbede7df5bd71253c2022-12-22T03:57:13ZengHindawi LimitedCase Reports in Ophthalmological Medicine2090-67222090-67302019-01-01201910.1155/2019/61470636147063Polypoidal Choroidal Vasculopathy Complicating Retinal Laser in Quiescent UveitisTomas R. Burke0Susan L. Lightman1Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, UKMoorfields Eye Hospital, London, UKA 58-year-old Afro-Caribbean gentleman with a diagnosis of quiescent systemic lupus erythematosus- (SLE-) related occlusive retinal vasculitis was previously treated with sector pan-retinal photocoagulation in his right eye to control temporal retinal neovascularization. At routine review he was found to have a focal area of subretinal fluid in the temporal macula sparing an ischaemic fovea. Fundus fluorescein angiography and indocyanine green angiography confirmed a branching vascular network (BVN) and terminal polys (i.e., polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV)). Interestingly, the BVN arose within an old laser scar. To our knowledge this is the first report of PCV in uveitis in an Afro-Caribbean patient and of the lesions arising within a laser scar.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/6147063 |
| spellingShingle | Tomas R. Burke Susan L. Lightman Polypoidal Choroidal Vasculopathy Complicating Retinal Laser in Quiescent Uveitis Case Reports in Ophthalmological Medicine |
| title | Polypoidal Choroidal Vasculopathy Complicating Retinal Laser in Quiescent Uveitis |
| title_full | Polypoidal Choroidal Vasculopathy Complicating Retinal Laser in Quiescent Uveitis |
| title_fullStr | Polypoidal Choroidal Vasculopathy Complicating Retinal Laser in Quiescent Uveitis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Polypoidal Choroidal Vasculopathy Complicating Retinal Laser in Quiescent Uveitis |
| title_short | Polypoidal Choroidal Vasculopathy Complicating Retinal Laser in Quiescent Uveitis |
| title_sort | polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy complicating retinal laser in quiescent uveitis |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/6147063 |
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