CLINICOPATHOLOGIC STUDIES OF AN EYE AFTER SUBMACULAR MEMBRANECTOMY FOR CHOROIDAL NEOVASCULARIZATION

Abstract

Submacular membranectomy for recurrent subfoveal CNV secondary to age-related macular degeneration after two unsuccessful laser photocoagulation treatments appeared to be effective with repopulation of two thirds of the area of membranectomy by extension of attenuated retinal pigment epithelium from adjacent areas. There was, however, persistence or recurrence of CNV, moderate atrophy of the overlying retina with total loss of the photoreceptor cells over the central 0.5 mm of the membrane, and moderate loss of the photoreceptor cells over the remaining area.