Time Domain Optical Coherence Tomography in Familial Vitreous Amyloidosis Associated Transthyretin Met30 Mutation.

Vitreous amyloidosis is characterized by progressive loss of vision from amyloid accumulation of deposits on the retina and in the vitreous. Time domain optical coherence tomography (TD-OCT) was used in a case of familial transthyretin vitreous amyloidosis Met30 mutation to image the anterior vitreous deposits, which showed high reflectivity of very different from vitreous found in unaffected individuals. TD-OCT may be a useful adjunctive test to diagnose vitreous amyloidosis when masquerade syndromes are suspected. There may be more easeful imaging in TD-OCT of vitreous abnormalities than with spectral domain OCT (SD-OCT). Further study should be performed comparing TD versus SD-OCT in families with vitreous amyloidosis and TD vitreous amyloidosis versus TD in other intermediate uveitis. Copyright 2010, SLACK Incorporated.