• Department of Ophthalmology, Beijing Tong Ren Hospital, Capital University of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China.;
Macular degeneration/physiopathology; Optical coherence tomography; Age factor; Aged
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Objective To verifying the characteristics of optical coherence tomography(OCT) in exudative age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Methods The patients being investigated in this series included 16 cases (19 eyes) of exudative age-related macular degeneration diagnosed by FFA and OCT examinations, among them 4 cases (6 eyes) were examined with ICGA. The color photographs of ocular fundi, FFA, ICGA and OCT were investigated by contrasting each other. Results As compared with the FFA and ICGA examinations, the characteristic findings found in OCT in patients with exudative AMD in this series were as the following:①serous detachment of neurosensory epithelium in 11 eyes,②retinal hemorrhage in 2 eyes,③serous detachment of retinal pigment epithelium in 5 eyes,④hemorrhagic detachment of retinal pigment epithelium in 10　eyes,⑤disciform scar in 4　eyes,⑥fibrovascular pigment epithelial detachment and occult CNV in 12 eyes. Conclusion OCT can supply a comprehensive survey of exudative AMD, in making the diagnosis as an important complementary examination of FFA and ICGA. (Chin J Ocul Fundus Dis,2000,16:220-223)

Citation： Zhang Feng,Ma Kai,Wang Guanglu,et al.. Characteristics of exudative age-related macular degeneration optical coherence tomography. Chinese Journal of Ocular Fundus Diseases, 2000, 16(4): 220-223. doi: Copy