R Semécas1,2, M Mauget-Faÿsse3, F Aptel1,2, A Mailhac1,2, L Salmon1,2, V Vasseur3, L Bouillet4, C Chiquet5,6. 1. Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital, CS10217, Grenoble, F-38043, France. 2. Grenoble Alpes University, Grenoble, F-38041, France. 3. Rothschild Foundation, 25 rue Manin, 75940, Paris, Cedex 19, France. 4. Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital, Grenoble, France. 5. Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital, CS10217, Grenoble, F-38043, France. cchiquet@chu-grenoble.fr. 6. Grenoble Alpes University, Grenoble, F-38041, France. cchiquet@chu-grenoble.fr.
Abstract
PURPOSE: To characterize and correlate the different patterns of fundus autofluorescence (FAF) in patients with birdshot chorioretinopathy (BSCR), with functional and anatomical parameters. METHODS: Twenty-one BSCR patients were prospectively studied in 2013 and 2014. Each patient underwent visual acuity (VA) and visual field (SITA standard 30.2) testing as well as fluorescein and indocyanine green angiography, spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) B scan, enhanced depth imaging (EDI), and fundus autofluorescence (FAF) imaging. The disease was classified as active, chronic, or quiescent. RESULTS: The patients' mean age was 60.3 ± 9.2 years and 60% were female. Disease duration was 5.7 ± 3.7 years. Autofluorescence imaging showed punctiform hyper-FAF spots in 23 out of the 29 eyes (79%), which was significantly associated with a greater visual field mean deviation (-7 ± 7 versus -3 ± 2 dB, p = 0.04). Hypo-FAF was defined as peripapillary (n = 25; 86.2%), macular (n = 10; 34.5%), lichenoid (n = 17; 58.6%), and/or diffuse (n = 13; 44.8%). Lichenoid hypo-FAF was significantly associated with worse VA (0.18 ± 0.24 vs. 0.05 ± 0.07 LogMAR, p = 0.04). Macular hypo-FAF was associated with a history of macular edema (62.5%; p = 0.06). Diffuse hypo-FAF was observed more frequently (p = 0.01) in chronic disease (66.7%) than in active (0%) or quiescent disease (27.3%). CONCLUSIONS: Autofluorescence analysis in BRSC patients contributes to evaluating disease activity and could be useful to guide follow-up and treatment.
PURPOSE: To characterize and correlate the different patterns of fundus autofluorescence (FAF) in patients with birdshot chorioretinopathy (BSCR), with functional and anatomical parameters. METHODS: Twenty-one BSCR patients were prospectively studied in 2013 and 2014. Each patient underwent visual acuity (VA) and visual field (SITA standard 30.2) testing as well as fluorescein and indocyanine green angiography, spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) B scan, enhanced depth imaging (EDI), and fundus autofluorescence (FAF) imaging. The disease was classified as active, chronic, or quiescent. RESULTS: The patients' mean age was 60.3 ± 9.2 years and 60% were female. Disease duration was 5.7 ± 3.7 years. Autofluorescence imaging showed punctiform hyper-FAF spots in 23 out of the 29 eyes (79%), which was significantly associated with a greater visual field mean deviation (-7 ± 7 versus -3 ± 2 dB, p = 0.04). Hypo-FAF was defined as peripapillary (n = 25; 86.2%), macular (n = 10; 34.5%), lichenoid (n = 17; 58.6%), and/or diffuse (n = 13; 44.8%). Lichenoid hypo-FAF was significantly associated with worse VA (0.18 ± 0.24 vs. 0.05 ± 0.07 LogMAR, p = 0.04). Macular hypo-FAF was associated with a history of macular edema (62.5%; p = 0.06). Diffuse hypo-FAF was observed more frequently (p = 0.01) in chronic disease (66.7%) than in active (0%) or quiescent disease (27.3%). CONCLUSIONS: Autofluorescence analysis in BRSC patients contributes to evaluating disease activity and could be useful to guide follow-up and treatment.
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