Etiologies et aspects angiographiques des neovaisseaux sous retiniens

ABSTRACT

Subretinal neovascularization [SRNV] were a severe disease which could threaten seriously visual function. They were often confined to the vicinity of the fovea and in spite of laser treatment recurrence and blindness were very frequent. Full ophthalmologic examination and fluorescein angiography were performed in thirty nine eyes of twenty seven patients with SRNV - SRNV were unilateral in fifteen cases. Laser treatment was achieved in 24% of cases. Age related macular degeneration [ARMD] and high myopia were the main etiology. Fluorescein angiography allowed to diagnosis of defined SRNV in 92% of cases 52% at early stages and 40% at glial fibrosis scars. Occult SRNV were noted in the remain cases. 60% of patients had legal blindness. The importance of early angiogrpahy and urgent laser treatment to avoid blindness are raised