OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY ANGIOGRAPHY FEATURES OF TORPEDO MACULOPATHY.


Journal

Retinal cases & brief reports
ISSN: 1937-1578
Titre abrégé: Retin Cases Brief Rep
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101298744

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
2019
Historique:
pubmed: 5 4 2017
medline: 3 3 2020
entrez: 5 4 2017
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

To investigate the retinal and choroidal vasculature in patients with torpedo maculopathy with optical coherence tomography-angiography (OCT-A). Retrospective case series of four patients who were examined at the department of Ophthalmology at the University Hospital Bern. Main Outcome was the lesion size over time in OCT-A and fundus autofluorescence. Three patients had Type I and 1 patient had Type II torpedo maculopathy. Torpedo maculopathy lesion size remained stable in all patients over a mean period of observation of three years in OCT-A and fundus autofluorescence. The choriocapillaris network was attenuated focally within the lesion in OCT-A in all four cases. The lesion size in fundus autofluorescence was 2.77 mm and therefore comparable with the lesion size in OCT-A of 2.75 mm. OCT-A signal of the choriocapillaris was reduced within the cleft in both types of torpedo maculopathy. Whether the changes represent the primary site of malformation or whether these findings are the consequence of a defect in the retinal pigment epithelium remains speculative.

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BACKGROUND/PURPOSE OBJECTIVE
To investigate the retinal and choroidal vasculature in patients with torpedo maculopathy with optical coherence tomography-angiography (OCT-A).
METHODS METHODS
Retrospective case series of four patients who were examined at the department of Ophthalmology at the University Hospital Bern. Main Outcome was the lesion size over time in OCT-A and fundus autofluorescence.
RESULTS RESULTS
Three patients had Type I and 1 patient had Type II torpedo maculopathy. Torpedo maculopathy lesion size remained stable in all patients over a mean period of observation of three years in OCT-A and fundus autofluorescence. The choriocapillaris network was attenuated focally within the lesion in OCT-A in all four cases. The lesion size in fundus autofluorescence was 2.77 mm and therefore comparable with the lesion size in OCT-A of 2.75 mm.
CONCLUSION CONCLUSIONS
OCT-A signal of the choriocapillaris was reduced within the cleft in both types of torpedo maculopathy. Whether the changes represent the primary site of malformation or whether these findings are the consequence of a defect in the retinal pigment epithelium remains speculative.

Identifiants

pubmed: 28375988
doi: 10.1097/ICB.0000000000000589
doi:

Substances chimiques

Melanins 0

Types de publication

Case Reports Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

337-342

Auteurs

Helena Giannakaki-Zimmermann (H)

Department of Ophthalmology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.

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