Masafumi Hamada1,2, Kishiko Ohkoshi3, Keiji Inagaki4,3, Nobuyuki Ebihara4,5, Akira Murakami4. 1. Department of Ophthalmology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. hamamasa@luke.ac.jp. 2. Department of Ophthalmology, St. Luke's International Hospital, 9-1 Akashi-cho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, 104-8560, Japan. hamamasa@luke.ac.jp. 3. Department of Ophthalmology, St. Luke's International Hospital, 9-1 Akashi-cho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, 104-8560, Japan. 4. Department of Ophthalmology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. 5. Department of Ophthalmology, Juntendo University Urayasu Hospital, Urayasu, Japan.
Abstract
PURPOSE: To compare the visualization of microaneurysms (MAs) in patients with diabetic retinopathy (DR) using optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) with that using fluorescein angiography (FA). STUDY DESIGN: Prospective, clinical, and experimental. METHODS: This study was a prospective evaluation of imaging technology. Thirty-seven eyes of 33 patients with DR were scanned using an OCTA instrument. The 83 MAs that were confirmed on OCT B-scan and OCT en face images were evaluated using OCTA, and these findings were compared with those evaluated using FA. RESULTS: Of the 83 MAs confirmed on OCT B-scan images, 73 (88%) were clearly visualized on the OCTA en face images as nodular or comma-shaped structures, while the remaining 12% did not present with a typical MA or vascular structure on the OCTA en face images at the relevant positions. Seventy-four of the 83 MAs (87%) confirmed on the OCT B-scan images presented as punctate hyperfluorescent spots on the FA images. On the FA images, 8 of 9 (88%) MAs absent on the OCTA en face images presented as hyperfluorescent spots. Visualization of the MAs on the OCTA en face images did not correlate with the OCT B-scan images of the MA lumens (open, closed, or heterogeneous). CONCLUSIONS: For diabetic maculopathy, OCTA en face images do not present with comprehensive MAs images, indicating that some MAs might be overlooked with OCTA en face images.
PURPOSE: To compare the visualization of microaneurysms (MAs) in patients with diabetic retinopathy (DR) using optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) with that using fluorescein angiography (FA). STUDY DESIGN: Prospective, clinical, and experimental. METHODS: This study was a prospective evaluation of imaging technology. Thirty-seven eyes of 33 patients with DR were scanned using an OCTA instrument. The 83 MAs that were confirmed on OCT B-scan and OCT en face images were evaluated using OCTA, and these findings were compared with those evaluated using FA. RESULTS: Of the 83 MAs confirmed on OCT B-scan images, 73 (88%) were clearly visualized on the OCTA en face images as nodular or comma-shaped structures, while the remaining 12% did not present with a typical MA or vascular structure on the OCTA en face images at the relevant positions. Seventy-four of the 83 MAs (87%) confirmed on the OCT B-scan images presented as punctate hyperfluorescent spots on the FA images. On the FA images, 8 of 9 (88%) MAs absent on the OCTA en face images presented as hyperfluorescent spots. Visualization of the MAs on the OCTA en face images did not correlate with the OCT B-scan images of the MA lumens (open, closed, or heterogeneous). CONCLUSIONS: For diabetic maculopathy, OCTA en face images do not present with comprehensive MAs images, indicating that some MAs might be overlooked with OCTA en face images.
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