PMID: 7539905May 1, 1995Paper

The natural history of idiopathic subfoveal choroidal neovascularization

Ophthalmology
A C HoJ T Derosa

Abstract

To study the long-term natural history of idiopathic subfoveal choroidal neovascularization (CNV) in young patients. A retrospective survey of 19 consecutive patients with idiopathic subfoveal CNV diagnosed in an urban eye hospital and a single practice. Twenty-three (26%) of 87 consecutive patients with idiopathic CNV demonstrated subfoveal CNV. Nineteen patients with subfoveal involvement were followed for a median of 87 months (range, 5-230 months). On initial examination, the median best-corrected Snellen visual acuity was 20/100 (range, 20/40-counting fingers); at final examination, the median visual acuity was 20/70 (range, 20/20-counting fingers). A total of 95% of patients had stable or significantly improved visual acuity, whereas only 5% had significant visual loss. Size of the CNV was the only variable associated with long-term final visual acuity. Lesions 1 disc area or smaller at the time of initial fluorescein angiography were more likely to be associated with a final visual acuity of 20/60 or better and less likely to be associated with a final visual acuity of 20/200 or worse (P = 0.038) as compared with larger lesions. These results were confirmed with multiple logistic regression analysis (P = 0.027). Fellow e...Continue Reading

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