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Arch Ophthalmol. 1998;116:382-383.

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Idiopathic polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (IPCV) is a peculiar vascular abnormality of the inner choroid, composed of 2 components, a network of branching vessels of variable dimension, terminating in aneurysmal-like enlargements with episodic serosanguineous detachments of the retinal pigment epithelium and neurosensory retina.^1-3 The network of vessels usually emanates from the peripapillary area or less commonly as an isolated macular lesion.³ While sometimes clinically evident beneath atrophic pigment epithelium as reddish orange, spheroidal or polyplike structures, the vascular abnormality is most clearly discernible using indocyanine green angiography for enhanced choroidal imaging.^2-3 We report, to our knowledge, the first case of a peripheral IPCV seen with subretinal hemorrhage.

Report of a Case

A 58-year-old white woman with no previous ocular or systemic history was noted to have a focal area of subretinal hemorrhage of several disc diameters in the inferior temporal fundus (Figure 1). The far peripheral retina and the macular region revealed no . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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Corresponding author: Lawrence A. Yannuzzi, MD, LuEsther T. Mertz Retinal Research Department, Manhattan Eye, Ear, and Throat Hospital, 210 E 64th St, New York, NY 10021.

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