Polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy: evidence-based guidelines for clinical diagnosis and treatment.

Background: Polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV) is an exudative maculopathy affecting vision, with clinical features distinct from neovascular age-related macular degeneration. Currently, no evidence-based guidelines exist for its diagnosis and treatment.

Methods: A panel of experts analyzed a systematic literature search on PCV together with results of the EVEREST trial, the only published randomized controlled clinical trial in PCV.