Clinicopathologic correlation of surgically removed submacular tissue.

The histologic appearance of a consecutive series of 200 neovascular membranes was analyzed. Specific angiographic manifestations of exudative age-related macular degeneration such as classic or occult choroidal neovascularization, vascularized pigment epithelial detachment, tear of the retinal pigment epithelium, polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy and deep retinal vascular anomalous complex correspond with specific histoarchitectural patterns.