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Case Reports
. 2011 Oct;34(8):559.e1-4.
doi: 10.1016/j.jfo.2011.03.002. Epub 2011 May 7.

Perifoveal exudative vascular anomalous complex

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Perifoveal exudative vascular anomalous complex

G Querques et al. J Fr Ophtalmol. 2011 Oct.

Abstract

Purpose: To report the angiographic and optical coherence tomography (OCT) features of isolated "perifoveal exudative vascular anomalous complex (PEVAC)", a peculiar clinical entity.

Methods: A complete ophthalmologic examination was performed in two patients (a 82-year old woman [case 1]; a 52-year old man [case 2]) that were referred to our department for unilateral blurred vision.

Results: In both cases, fundus examination of the right eye showed a perifoveal isolated large aneurismal change, accompanied by small hemorrhages, intraretinal exudation, and small hard exudates accumulation. Both FA and ICGA revealed the absence of any other retinal or choroidal vascular abnormality associated. OCT showed a round hyperreflective lesion in correspondence of the perifoveal vascular anomalous complex, surrounded by intraretinal cystic spaces. In case 2, the lesion remained unchanged despite 3 monthly intravitreal injections of ranibizumab.

Conclusion: PEVAC may develop in absence of capillary ischemia or inflammation, probably due to progressive retinal endothelial cell degeneration. This could explain the unresponsiveness to anti-VEGF treatments.

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