Diseases

Polypoidal Choroidal Vasculopathy

A CHOROID neovascularization characterized by serosanguineous retinal pigment epithelial detachment and leakage of serous exudate sometimes associated with aneurysmal polypoidal lesions.

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Abstract

A CHOROID neovascularization characterized by serosanguineous retinal pigment epithelial detachment and leakage of serous exudate sometimes associated with aneurysmal polypoidal lesions.

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  • Choroidal Vasculopathies, Polypoidal
  • Choroidal Vasculopathy, Polypoidal
  • Polypoidal Choroidal Vasculopathies
  • Vasculopathy, Polypoidal Choroidal
  • Idiopathic Polypoidal Choroidal Vasculopathy
  • Polypoidal CNV
  • Polypoidal Choroidal Neovascularization
  • CNV, Polypoidal
  • Choroidal Neovascularization, Polypoidal
  • Choroidal Neovascularizations, Polypoidal
  • Neovascularization, Polypoidal Choroidal
  • Polypoidal CNVs
  • Polypoidal Choroidal Neovascularizations

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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History Note

2023

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Previous Indexing

  • Choroid Diseases (1990-2022)
  • Choroidal Neovascularization (2002-2022)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Polypoidal Choroidal Vasculopathy. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000092342. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000092342
  2. Polypoidal Choroidal Vasculopathy. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polypoidal_choroidal_vasculopathy
  3. Polypoidal Choroidal Vasculopathy. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q113586103