NEW MODALJ[TJ[JES IN THE MANAGEMENT OF -CHOROJ[DAL NEOVASCULAR MEMBRANES

Abstract

horoidal neovascularization means the growth of new blood vessels beneath the neural retina. Choroidal neovascularization disrupts the anatomy of the retinal pigment epithelium - photoreceptor complex, leaks serum and . sometimes blood, and is often accompanied by irreversible scar formation that is associated with a loss of photoreceptors.

Choroidal neovascularization is an important cause of visual loss in a variety of macular conditions. The most common disease in which clinicians see neovascular membrane is age-related macular degeneration. The other main disorders include: degenerative myopia, presumed ocular histoplasmosis syndrome, angioid streaks, and idiopathic causes.

The exact pathogenesis of choroidal neovascularization is probably multifactorial involving an inflammatory response, as well as, biochemical and immunological factors.

Blurred vision, and distortion, most often distorted near vision, are the symptoms most patients with choroidal neovascularization notice first. They usually relate a history of visual loss in the involved eyes, metamorphopsia, photopsia, as well as formed hallucination