Abstract | PURPOSE: To study the mean choroidal thickness and volume of the macula in eyes with angioid streaks using swept source optical coherence tomography (OCT) in the 1050-nm wavelength range. DESIGN: Prospective case series. METHODS: The macular area of 39 eyes of 23 patients with angioid streaks and of 20 normal eyes of 20 matched controls (Group 1) was studied with a swept source OCT prototype system. Eyes with angioid streaks were classified into 1 of 4 groups: those without choroidal neovascularization (CNV) (Group 2); those with CNV that had no history of treatment (Group 3); those with CNV that had previously received only anti- vascular endothelial growth factor treatments (Group 4); and those with CNV that had previously received photodynamic therapy (Group 5). Using a raster scan protocol with 512 × 128 A-scans, we produced a macular choroidal thickness map (6 × 6 mm(2)). RESULTS: There were no significant differences in age, axial length, or refractive error among the 5 groups. Mean choroidal thickness of the macula in Group 2 (218.9 ± 46.8 μm) was as great as that in Group 1 (218.8 ± 69.2 μm). However, the macular choroidal thickness in Group 3 (119.7 ± 49.2 μm), Group 4 (140.1 ± 64.9 μm), and Group 5 (144.0 ± 52.6 μm) was significantly less than that of Group 1 (P < .05). There were no statistical differences between Groups 3 through 5. In each group, the choroid of the nasal quadrant was significantly thinner compared to that in other quadrants (P < .05). CONCLUSIONS: The choroid in eyes with angioid streaks without CNV was as thick as that in normal controls, but was significantly thinner in eyes with angioid streaks that had developed CNV.
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Authors | Abdallah A Ellabban, Akitaka Tsujikawa, Akiko Matsumoto, Ken Ogino, Masanori Hangai, Sotaro Ooto, Kenji Yamashiro, Masahiro Akiba, Nagahisa Yoshimura |
Journal | American journal of ophthalmology
(Am J Ophthalmol)
Vol. 153
Issue 6
Pg. 1133-43.e1
(Jun 2012)
ISSN: 1879-1891 [Electronic] United States |
PMID | 22397956
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Copyright | Copyright © 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. |
Chemical References |
- Angiogenesis Inhibitors
- Coloring Agents
- Indocyanine Green
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Topics |
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Angiogenesis Inhibitors
(therapeutic use)
- Angioid Streaks
(diagnosis, drug therapy)
- Axial Length, Eye
- Choroid
(pathology)
- Choroidal Neovascularization
(diagnosis, drug therapy)
- Coloring Agents
- Female
- Fluorescein Angiography
- Humans
- Indocyanine Green
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Organ Size
- Photochemotherapy
- Prospective Studies
- Tomography, Optical Coherence
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