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Abstract
A retrospective study was done on a consecutive series of patients presenting to the
Moorfields Eye Hospital with visual reduction secondary to angiographically proven
subretinal neovascularization associated with myopia (Förster-Fuchs' spot), with a
short history of visual loss, and free of other ocular disease. The visual acuity
at follow-up was compared to that at presentation, and related to size and location
of the neovascular complex, as well as patient age, and duration of follow-up. The
results show a generally poor prognosis in that 43% of the patients lost two or more
lines of vision, while 60% were less than or equal to 6/60 at last follow-up. As expected
there was a direct relationship between visual acuity and the distance of the neovascular
tissue from the fovea, and an inverse relationship between acuity and the size of
the lesion. There seems to be a short neovascular growth phase, with early visual
loss.