Table 4 Potential misdiagnoses for nAMD.

Inherited retinal diseases

Pattern dystrophy with pigment epithelial detachment

Adult-onset foveomacular vitelliform dystrophy

Macular telangiectasia type 1

MNV secondary to Sorsby fundus dystrophy

MNV secondary to Stargardt disease

Trauma and infection

MNV secondary to presumed ocular histoplasmosis syndrome

MNV secondary to choroidal rupture

MNV secondary to trauma/laser pointers

Chorioretinal uveitis syndromes

Inflammatory MNV

Chorioretinitis

MNV secondary to punctate inner choroidopathy

Retinopathies

Diabetic maculopathy

Central serous chorioretinopathy

Pachychoroid neovasculopathy

Myopic MNV

Retinal vein occlusion

Non-neovascular AMD, e.g., avascular PEDs with or without pockets of SRF

Neurodegenerative conditions

Macular telangiectasia type 2

Other

Perifoveal exudative vascular anomalous complex

Macroaneurysm

Epiretinal membrane

Vitreomacular traction

MNV secondary to previous laser photocoagulation in cases with concomitant DMO

MNV secondary to angioid streaks

Degenerative structural features that mimic neovascular activity

Outer retinal tubulation

(non-specific for AMD)

Plateau sign

Apoptotic cysts

Pseudocysts

Hyporeflective wedge

Draping of drusen