Focal choroidal excavation complicated with choroidal neovascularization: a case report and review of the literature

作     者：Rui-Lin Zhu Xiao-Peng Gu Ya-Di Zhang Liu Yang 

作者机构：Department of OphthalmologyPeking University First HospitalBeijing 100034China 

出 版 物：《International Journal of Ophthalmology(English edition)》 (国际眼科杂志（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2022年第15卷第10期

页      面：1717-1719页

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学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100212[医学-眼科学] 10[医学] 

主　　题：choroidal technology. excavation 

摘      要：Dear Editor,We write to report one case of focal choroidal excavation(FCE) complicated with choroidal neovascularization(CNV), and to review the literature on FCE. FCE is a newly recognized imaging finding with the development of optical coherence tomography(OCT) technology. FCE is defined as an area of macular choroidal excavation without evidence of posterior staphyloma or scleral ectasia[1].