Paying attention to the concept and research of pachychoroid disease spectrum / 中华实验眼科杂志

ABSTRACT

Pachychoroid disease spectrum is a novel concept in ophthalmology upon the development of ocular diagnosis and treatment.Recent breakthroughs and advancements in OCT imaging technology such as enhanceddepth imaging spectral-domain OCT (EDI-OCT) and swept source OCT (SS-OCT) have led to improvements in scanning speed,depth,scanning mode and software.This allows better and more detailed visualization of more posterior and deeper structures such as choroid or sclera.The newly developed EDI-OCT and SS-OCT provide a new basis for the diagnosis and classification of the retinal choroidal diseases.Pachychoroid disease spectrum,a group of chronic persistent choroidal thickening associated with a similar clinical phenotype and pathogenesis of disease were named recently based on higher spatial resolution and more detailed choroidal imaging captured by EDI-OCT or SS-OCT.Ophthalmologists should pay more attentions to this new concept and its relative information.In this paper,the concept,pathogenesis,and phenotype of pachychoroid disease spectrum are emphasized.