Diagnostic Challenges in Inflammatory Choroidal Neovascularization
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Imaging Tools for the Detection of iCNV
2.1. Fluorescein Angiography
2.2. Indocyanine Green Angiography
2.3. Optical Coherence Tomography
2.4. Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography
2.5. Near-Infrared Autofluorescence Imaging
3. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Type of Uveitis | Prevalence of iCNV [References] |
---|---|
Non-infectious | |
Multifocal choroiditis | 32–50% [4,5,6,7] |
Punctate inner choroidopathy | 17–40% [1,4,8,9] |
Serpiginous choroidopathy | 10–25% [4,10,11] |
Vogt–Koyanagi–Harada disease | 9–15% [4,7,9,12] |
Birdshot chorioretinitis | 5% [4,13] |
Intermediate uveitis | single cases reported [14,15] |
Behçet disease | very rare [4,16] |
Acute posterior multifocal placoid pigment epitheliopathy | single cases reported [4,16,17,18] |
Sympathetic ophthalmia | single cases reported [16,19] |
Sarcoidosis | single cases reported [4,9,16] |
Multiple evanescent white dot syndrome | single cases reported [4,20,21] |
Infectious | |
Histoplasmosis | 5–17.4% [4,9,16,22,23,24,25] |
Candidiasis | rare; prevalence unknown [26,27,28] |
Toxoplasmosis | 0.3–19% [29,30,31,32] |
Toxocariasis | single cases reported [33,34,35] |
Tuberculosis | single cases reported [36,37,38,39] |
Rubella retinopathy | single cases reported [40,41,42,43] |
West Nile virus | single cases reported [44,45,46] |
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Karska-Basta, I.; Pociej-Marciak, W.; Żuber-Łaskawiec, K.; Markiewicz, A.; Chrząszcz, M.; Romanowska-Dixon, B.; Kubicka-Trząska, A. Diagnostic Challenges in Inflammatory Choroidal Neovascularization. Medicina 2024, 60, 465. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina60030465
Karska-Basta I, Pociej-Marciak W, Żuber-Łaskawiec K, Markiewicz A, Chrząszcz M, Romanowska-Dixon B, Kubicka-Trząska A. Diagnostic Challenges in Inflammatory Choroidal Neovascularization. Medicina. 2024; 60(3):465. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina60030465
Chicago/Turabian StyleKarska-Basta, Izabella, Weronika Pociej-Marciak, Katarzyna Żuber-Łaskawiec, Anna Markiewicz, Michał Chrząszcz, Bożena Romanowska-Dixon, and Agnieszka Kubicka-Trząska. 2024. "Diagnostic Challenges in Inflammatory Choroidal Neovascularization" Medicina 60, no. 3: 465. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina60030465
APA StyleKarska-Basta, I., Pociej-Marciak, W., Żuber-Łaskawiec, K., Markiewicz, A., Chrząszcz, M., Romanowska-Dixon, B., & Kubicka-Trząska, A. (2024). Diagnostic Challenges in Inflammatory Choroidal Neovascularization. Medicina, 60(3), 465. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina60030465