Clinical Study

Age-Related Macular Degeneration: Clinical Findings following Treatment with Antiangiogenic Drugs

Table 2

Description of the lesion and symptoms at diagnosis.

VariableStudy eye— (%)

Lesion type
 Total208 (100%)
 Classic83 (39.9%)
 Minimally classic23 (11.1%)
 Occult71 (34.1%)
 Other shapes12 (5.8%)
  RAP9 (4.3%)
  IPCV3 (1.4%)
 Unknown19 (9.1%)
Lesion size
 Total208 (100%)
 <1 disk38 (18.3%)
 1-2 disks90 (43.3%)
 >2 disks42 (20.2%)
 Unknown38 (18.3%)
Subretinal neovascular membrane location
 Total208 (100%)
 Yuxtapapillar3 (1.4%)
 Extrafoveal22 (10.6%)
 Yuxtafoveal78 (37.5%)
 Subfoveal104 (50.0%)
 Subfoveal + Yuxtapapillar1 (0.5%)
Presence of symptoms at diagnosis
 Total208 (100%)
 Yes208 (100%)
Symptoms at diagnosis
 Sudden and progressive loss of VA136 (65.4%)
 Central scotoma88 (42.3%)
 Difficulty to read49 (23.6%)
 Metamorphopsia99 (47.6%)
 Photopsia1 (0.5%)
 Other symptoms2 (1.0%)
Other symptoms
 Total2 (100%)

RAP: retinal angiomatous proliferation; IPCV: idiopathic polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy; VA: visual acuity.