OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY ANGIOGRAPHY FOR THE DETECTION OF SECONDARY CHOROIDAL NEOVASCULARIZATION IN VITELLIFORM MACULAR DYSTROPHY

Retin Cases Brief Rep. 2020 Winter;14(1):49-52. doi: 10.1097/ICB.0000000000000626.

Abstract

Purpose: Optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) is used to assess vascular abnormality in advanced stage vitelliform macular dystrophy (VMD2).

Methods: Multimodal imaging including spectral domain (SD) OCT, autofluorescence (AF), fluorescein (FA) and indocyanine green angiography (ICGA) as well as optical coherence tomography angiography were performed.

Patients: Two eyes in one young patient with diagnosed vitelliform macular dystrophy were investigated for progressive visual dysfunction.

Results: Optical coherence tomography angiography identified neovascular formation within the outer retina and the choriocapillaris respectively while all other imaging methods were inconclusive.

Conclusion: Optical coherence tomography angiography was superior to conventional angiography in the detection of choroidal neovascularization (CNV) in advanced retinal disorders like vitelliform macular dystrophy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Choroid / pathology*
  • Choroidal Neovascularization / diagnosis*
  • Choroidal Neovascularization / etiology
  • Fluorescein Angiography / methods*
  • Fundus Oculi
  • Humans
  • Macula Lutea / pathology*
  • Male
  • Tomography, Optical Coherence / methods*
  • Vitelliform Macular Dystrophy / complications*
  • Vitelliform Macular Dystrophy / diagnosis