Purpose: To describe the role of the optical coherence tomography, fluorescein and indocyanine green angiography findings in the diagnosis of idiopathic polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (IPCV). Methods: A series of four eyes of three patients thought to have IPCV were examined and evaluated by optical coherence tomography, fluorescein and indocyanine green angiographies. Results: Fluorescein angiography was highly important for the diagnosis only in case 1. Indocyanine green angiography showed a branching network of the vessels with marginal vascular dilatations in all cases. Optical coherence tomography showed hemorrhagic detachment of the retinal pigment epithelium contiguous with the anterior delimitation of the polypoidal elements in two cases. Conclusion: The association of clinical manifestations with fluorescein and indocyanine green angiographies and optical coherence tomography can be useful in the differential diagnosis of exudative maculopathies, particularly IPCV with serohemorrhagic manifestations.
Choroid; Choroid hemorrhage; Choroid diseases; Fluorescein angiography; Indocyanine green; Fundus oculi; X-ray computed tomography
