Current aspects of diagnosis and treatment of polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy

Polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV) is the rare subtype of agerelated macular degeneration (AMD), which is hard to diagnose and it is resistant to standard anti-VEGF treatment of AMD. The morphological base of PCV is the pathology of choroid vessels with formation of expansions on their ends – polyps. This literature review presented a current conception of the prevalence, risk factors, pathogenesis, diagnostic techniques and the main treatment approaches of this disease.