In this episode, Vision Academy members Professor Annabelle Okada, Professor of Ophthalmology and Director of the Ocular Inflammation Service and the Macular Disease Service at the Kyorin University School of Medicine in Japan, and Professor Ian Pearce, Consultant Ophthalmologist and Vitreoretinal Surgeon at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital in the UK, discuss the pachychoroid spectrum.
Using practical examples from their own clinics, they explore how accurate diagnosis, monitoring, prognosis and treatment decisions depend upon consensus descriptions of clinical, morphological and epidemiological characteristics disorders on the pachychoroid spectrum. They also discuss multimodal imaging and barriers to its implementation in clinical practice.
The Vision Academy Viewpoint covering the consensus on the definition of pachychoroid and details on the management of the pathologies included in this spectrum, and other important viewpoints and resources, can be found here. Always refer to local treatment guidelines and relevant prescribing information. Please review the appropriate product information before prescribing.
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Speaker disclosures:
Professor Annabelle Okada
Consultancy: Bayer, Chugai, Novartis, Roche, and Santen Pharmaceutical.
Professor Ian Pearce
Consultancy: Apellis, Bayer, Novartis, and Roche.
Further information on Pachychoroid:
Castro-Navarro V., et al. Pachychoroid: current concepts on clinical features and pathogenesis. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol.2020.
Warrow DJ., Hoang QV. and Freund KB. Pachychoroid pigment epitheliopathy. Retina. 2013.
Miyake M., et al. Pachychoroid neovasculopathy and age-related macular degeneration. Sci Rep. 2015.
Li Y., et al. Polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy in adult Chinese: the Beijing Eye Study. Ophthalmology. 2014.
Li Y., et al. Prevalence and associations of central serous chorioretinopathy in elderly Chinese.
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