Open AccessBlood flow pattern in a choroidal hemangioma imaged on swept-source-optical coherence tomography angiography
Author(s) -
Brijesh Takkar,
Shorya Vardhan Azad,
Jyoti Shakrawal,
Nripen Gaur,
Pradeep Venkatesh
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
indian journal of ophthalmology/indian journal of ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.542
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1998-3689
pISSN - 0301-4738
DOI - 10.4103/ijo.ijo_504_17
Subject(s) - medicine , blood flow , optical coherence tomography , optical coherence tomography angiography , angiography , fluorescein angiography , tomography , hemangioma , radiology , ophthalmology , nuclear medicine , retinal
This report demonstrates the blood flow pattern in a case of choroidal hemangioma (CH) using swept-source-optical coherence tomography angiography (SS-OCTA). Fluorescein angiography, SS-OCT, and SS-OCTA images of a patient with CH were obtained using a standard protocol. The internal vascular pattern of the tumor was identified on both OCT and OCTA. Dark areas were identified in the CH. These were interspersed between areas of visible blood flow, as imaged on SS-OCTA. Peripheral vascular arcades were also identified within the tumor. SS-OCTA should be evaluated as an imaging tool to study the blood flow within choroidal tumors.