TY - JOUR
T1 - Clinical Characteristics of Choroidal Neovascular Membranes
AU - Bressler, Neil M
AU - Bressler, Susan B
AU - Gragoudas, Evangelos S.
PY - 1987
Y1 - 1987
N2 - Eighty-three choroidal neovascular membranes (CNVMs) associated with pathologic entities other than age-related macular degeneration (study group) were compared with 64 CNVMs associated with macular degeneration (comparison group). Nine CNVMs (11%) in the study group, compared with 28 CNVMs (44%) in the comparison group, were occult membranes. Of the remaining well-defined CNVMs, 16 (22%) in the study group, compared with 21 (58%) in the comparison group, were subfoveal. Of the welldefined subfoveal membranes, four (25%) in the study group, compared with 17 (81%) in the control group, were large (greater than 1500 μm in size). All large subfoveal membranes occurred in patients over 55 years of age. Thus, in this study the majority of CNVMs associated with pathologic entities other than age-related macular degeneration were well defined and not subfoveal at initial presentation. The majority of CNVMs associated with macular degeneration were occult or subfoveal. Membranes in patients over 55 years of age, regardless of cause, were commonly found to be occult or subfoveal at presentation.
AB - Eighty-three choroidal neovascular membranes (CNVMs) associated with pathologic entities other than age-related macular degeneration (study group) were compared with 64 CNVMs associated with macular degeneration (comparison group). Nine CNVMs (11%) in the study group, compared with 28 CNVMs (44%) in the comparison group, were occult membranes. Of the remaining well-defined CNVMs, 16 (22%) in the study group, compared with 21 (58%) in the comparison group, were subfoveal. Of the welldefined subfoveal membranes, four (25%) in the study group, compared with 17 (81%) in the control group, were large (greater than 1500 μm in size). All large subfoveal membranes occurred in patients over 55 years of age. Thus, in this study the majority of CNVMs associated with pathologic entities other than age-related macular degeneration were well defined and not subfoveal at initial presentation. The majority of CNVMs associated with macular degeneration were occult or subfoveal. Membranes in patients over 55 years of age, regardless of cause, were commonly found to be occult or subfoveal at presentation.
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U2 - 10.1001/archopht.1987.01060020063030
DO - 10.1001/archopht.1987.01060020063030
M3 - Article
C2 - 2434067
AN - SCOPUS:0023093963
VL - 105
SP - 209
EP - 213
JO - JAMA Ophthalmology
JF - JAMA Ophthalmology
SN - 2168-6165
IS - 2
ER -