Naomi R Goldberg1, Jonathan P Greenberg, Ketan Laud, Stephen Tsang, K Bailey Freund. 1. *Vitreous, Retina, Macula Consultants of New York, New York, New York; †Department of Ophthalmology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York; ‡Edward S. Harkness Eye Institute, Columbia University, New York, New York; and §Department of Ophthalmology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York.
Abstract
PURPOSE: To demonstrate outer retinal tubulation (ORT) in various degenerative retinal disorders. METHODS: This was a retrospective review of the multimodal imaging of 29 eyes of 15 patients with various retinal dystrophies and inflammatory maculopathies manifesting ORT. The morphologic features of ORT and its evolution over time were analyzed using spectral-domain optical coherence tomography data. RESULTS: Outer retinal tubulation was identified as round or ovoid structures with hyperreflective borders in pattern dystrophy (six eyes), acute zonal occult outer retinopathy (five eyes), retinitis pigmentosa (four eyes), Stargardt disease (four eyes), gyrate atrophy (two eyes), choroideremia (two eyes), and various other degenerative conditions. These structures appeared to develop from the invagination of photoreceptors at the junction of intact and atrophic outer retina. During follow-up, the number and distribution of ORT largely remained stable. As zones of atrophy enlarged, the frequency of ORT appeared to increase. The ORT structures were found in <10% of patients with retinitis pigmentosa, Stargardt disease, or pattern dystrophy. CONCLUSION: Outer retinal tubulation is found in various degenerative retinal disorders that share in common damage to the outer retina and/or retinal pigment epithelium. The presence of ORT may be an indicator of underlying disease stage and severity.
PURPOSE: To demonstrate outer retinal tubulation (ORT) in various degenerative retinal disorders. METHODS: This was a retrospective review of the multimodal imaging of 29 eyes of 15 patients with various retinal dystrophies and inflammatory maculopathies manifesting ORT. The morphologic features of ORT and its evolution over time were analyzed using spectral-domain optical coherence tomography data. RESULTS: Outer retinal tubulation was identified as round or ovoid structures with hyperreflective borders in pattern dystrophy (six eyes), acute zonal occult outer retinopathy (five eyes), retinitis pigmentosa (four eyes), Stargardt disease (four eyes), gyrateatrophy (two eyes), choroideremia (two eyes), and various other degenerative conditions. These structures appeared to develop from the invagination of photoreceptors at the junction of intact and atrophic outer retina. During follow-up, the number and distribution of ORT largely remained stable. As zones of atrophy enlarged, the frequency of ORT appeared to increase. The ORT structures were found in <10% of patients with retinitis pigmentosa, Stargardt disease, or pattern dystrophy. CONCLUSION: Outer retinal tubulation is found in various degenerative retinal disorders that share in common damage to the outer retina and/or retinal pigment epithelium. The presence of ORT may be an indicator of underlying disease stage and severity.
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