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Table 2 Etiology and prevalence of CNV in Chinese children and adolescents

From: Analysis of the etiology, clinical characteristics and treatment outcomes of choroidal neovascularization in Chinese children and adolescents

Etiology

N (%)

Age (year)

Female/Male

Idiopathic

27 (37.50%)

11.6 ± 3.1

12/15

Inflammatory

23 (31.94%)

13.3 ± 2.7

18/5

 PIC

8 (11.11%)

13.1 ± 2.7

8/0

 MFC

7 (9.72%)

12.6 ± 3.1

4/3

 MEWDS

1 (1.39%)

14.0

1/0

 Toxoplasma

1 (1.39%)

14.0

1/0

 Others

6 (8.33%)

11.5 ± 2.9

4/2

Congenital/Hereditary

12 (16.67%)

11.6 ± 4.3

2/10

 BVMD

8 (11.11%)

10.0 ± 4.0

2/6

 ARB

1 (1.39%)

11.0

0/1

 BCD

1 (1.39%)

17.0

0/1

 RP

1 (1.39%)

14.0

0/1

 Others

1 (1.39%)

17.0

0/1

Traumatic

6 (8.33%)

11.3 ± 4.8

3/3

 Laser injury

4 (5.55%)

8.5 ± 2.5

2/2

 Choroid Rapture

2 (2.78%)

17.0 ± 0.0

1/1

Tumorous

3 (4.17%)

11.0 ± 5.2

1/2

 Choroidal osteoma

3 (4.17%)

11.0 ± 5.2

1/2

PM

1 (1.39%)

16.0

0/1

Total

72 (100%)

12.1 ± 3.5

36/36

  1. PIC, punctate inner choroidopathy; MFC, multifocal choroiditis; MEWDS, multiple transient white dot syndrome; BVMD, Best vitelliform macular dystrophy; ARB, autosomal recessive vitelliform dystrophy; BCD, Bietti crystalline dystrophy; RP, retinitis pigmentosa; PM, pathologic myopia