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Contribution of "en face" SD‐OCT in retinal and choroidal vascular abnormalities
Author(s) -
SCEMAMA TIMSIT C,
MANASSEH N,
MAUGETFAYSSE M,
VASSEUR V,
WOLFF B,
SAHEL J
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
acta ophthalmologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.534
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1755-3768
pISSN - 1755-375X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2014.2213.x
Subject(s) - medicine , retinal , ophthalmology , fundus (uterus) , choroid , retinal vein , fluorescein angiography , angiography , retina , radiology , physics , optics
PURPOSE : To evaluate the retinal and choroidal aspect in retinal or choroidal vascular abnormalities using « en face » OCT images. METHODS : All the study patients underwent a complete ophthalmologic examination including biomicroscopic fundus examination, color photography, fundus autofluorescence, fluorescein angiography, indocyanin green angiography , B‐scan and « en face » SD‐OCT. RESULTS : A total of 11 patients with choroidal or retinal vascular abnormalities, 4 cases diagnosed with submacular choroidal varix, 2 cases of central serous chorioretinopathy with choroidal cavitations, 2 cases of retinal vein occlusion (RVO) with perivenular whitening and retinal ischemia, 3 cases of retinal arterial macroaneurysm were analysed. The B scan findings were correlated with the angiography findings as well as with the « en face » OCT scans. In all the cases the « en face » OCT providing a layer‐by layer view of the involved retina and choroid (with EDI mode: enhanced‐depth imaging). CONCLUSIONS : « En face » OCT imaging enables an easy analyse of the structural retinal and choroidal vascular abnormalities which are correlated with B scan OCT and angiography findings.