RETINAL TELANGIECTASIA IN PATIENTS WITH PATHOLOGIC MYOPIA

Retina ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 39 (4) ◽  
pp. 719-726
Author(s):  
Boya Lei ◽  
Ruiping Gu ◽  
Chen Jiang ◽  
Gezhi Xu
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen Bitton ◽  
J.-L. Bacquet ◽  
F. Amoroso ◽  
S. Mrejen ◽  
M. Paques ◽  
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Abstract Background Pathologic myopia is a major cause of visual impairment and blindness. Case presentation We report a case of an immediate post partum macular subretinal bleeding observed in a highly myopic patient. A 30-years-old woman presented two days after childbirth for sudden loss of vision in her right eye. Multimodal imaging showed macular hemorrhage masking a subtle yellowish linear lesion corresponding to lacker crack. Due to the lack of evidence for choroidal neovascularization, a simple clinical and imaging monitoring was recommended. Six weeks later, we noted an improvement in her best-corrected visual acuity and a decreased in size of the macular hemorrhage. Conclusions This is the first case reporting a macular subretinal bleeding on macular lacquer cracks in a highly myopic patient in immediate post partum. Valsalva maneuver associated with vaginal delivery could explain the occurrence of the hemorrhage associated with lacquer crack. However, natural history of pathological myopia could not be excluded.


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Un Chul Park ◽  
Eun Kyoung Lee ◽  
Bo Hee Kim ◽  
Baek-Lok Oh

AbstractIn this cross-sectional study, we investigated choroidal thickness (CT) and scleral thickness (ST) in highly myopic eyes and their associations with ocular factors. Patients underwent widefield swept-source optical coherence tomography (OCT) to measure the CT and ST at the subfovea and 3000 μm superior, inferior, temporal, and nasal to the fovea and macular curvature. A total of 237 eyes (154 patients) were included. At all five measurement points, thinner CTs and STs were associated with longer axial lengths (r = − 0.548 to − 0.357, all P < 0.001) and greater macular curvatures (r = − 0.542 to − 0.305, all P < 0.001). The CT and ST were significantly thinner in eyes with posterior staphyloma than in those without at all measurement points (all P ≤ 0.006) but did not differ between eyes with the wide macular and narrow macular type of staphyloma. Eyes with myopic maculopathy of category ≥ 3 according to the International Meta-Analysis for Pathologic Myopia classification had significantly thinner CTs and STs than those with category ≤ 2 (all P ≤ 0.005). In highly myopic eyes, a decrease in the CT and ST was more pronounced in eyes with more structural changes, such as longer axial length, steeper macular curvature, and the presence of posterior staphyloma.


2006 ◽  
Vol 244 (10) ◽  
pp. 1363-1366 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kyoko Ohno-Matsui ◽  
Muka Moriyama ◽  
Kengo Hayashi ◽  
Manabu Mochizuki

2020 ◽  
pp. 104088
Author(s):  
Min Xue ◽  
Yifeng Ke ◽  
Xinjun Ren ◽  
Lei Zhou ◽  
Juping Liu ◽  
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2021 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zheng Zhang ◽  
Yue Qi ◽  
Wenbin Wei ◽  
Zi-Bing Jin ◽  
Wen Wang ◽  
...  

Purpose: This work aimed to study the effect of posterior scleral reinforcement (PSR) on choroidal thickness (CT) and blood flow.Methods: This study included 25 eyes of 24 patients with high myopia ( ≤ -6.0 dioptres or axial length ≥ 26.0 mm) who underwent PSR surgery. All patients completed the 1-month follow-up visit. Myopic macular degeneration (MMD) was graded according to the International Meta-Analysis for Pathologic Myopia (META-PM) classification based on color fundus photographs. Swept-source optical coherence tomography angiography (SSOCTA) was performed to investigate CT, choroidal perfusion area (CPA), and choriocapillaris perfusion area (CCPA) change following PSR surgery.Results: The distribution of MMD categories was 9 (36.0%) in category 1, 10 (40.0%) in category 2, and 6 (24.0%) in category 3 or 4. MMD severity was strongly correlated with CT (all P &lt; 0.01) and CPA (all P &lt; 0.04). Postoperative CT at each sector increased significantly at 1 week's follow-up, compared to preoperative measures (all P &lt; 0.05). Postoperative CPA at subfoveal, superior, inferior, and nasal sectors also increased significantly 1 week after PSR surgery (all P &lt; 0.05). Moreover, the increased CT, CPA, and CCPA remain after PSR surgery at 1 month's follow-up, but the difference was not statistically significant.Conclusions: We demonstrated that the CT and choroidal blood flow increased significantly in patients with high myopia who underwent PSR surgery in a short period of time. In addition, the CT and CPA were independently associated with MMD. However, whether the transient improvement of the choroidal circulation could prevent long-term progression of high myopia warrants further study in the future.


2007 ◽  
Vol 135 (11-12) ◽  
pp. 629-634
Author(s):  
Ana Georgijevic ◽  
Zoran Tomic

Introduction Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a method of treatment of choroidal neovascularization (CNV) with a diode laser used after intravenously administered verteporfin. Verteporfin is a light-activated drug initiating photochemical reactions in the target tissue. This leads to the selective occlusion of blood vessels in the CNV with no damage of photoreceptors, retinal pigment epithelium and retinal blood vessels. Objective To show the results of the treatment of predominantly classic subfoveal CNV with PDT with verteporfin used for the first time in our country. Method From 2003 to 2005, we treated 15 eyes in 15 patients using PDT and verteporfin, because of predominantly classic subfoveal CNV. If macular oedema was present as proved by fluorescein angiography, triamcinolone was administered intravitreally after PDT. Average follow-up period was 7 months (3 months to 2 years). Study design: retrospective, noncomparative, consecutive case series. Results Two thirds of patients had CNV due to AMD, while in others it was caused by pathologic myopia, chorioretinitis, angioid streaks, choroidal hemangioma, except for one patient who had idiopathic CNV. Visual acuity was stabile in 60% (9/15) of patients, of whom in 60% (6/10) of patients with AMD, as well as in patients with pathologic myopia, idiopathic CNV and choroidal hemangioma. Retreatment with PDT was indicated in 40% (6/15) and in 50% (5/10) of patients with AMD, mostly 4-6 months after first PDT, but was done only in one patient (economic reasons). In two patients with AMD, triamcinolone was administered intravitreally for 2-4 months, which resulted in the stabilization of visual acuity. Conclusion Visual acuity was stabile in 60% of all treated patients with predominantly classic subfoveal CNV after only one application of PDT with verteporfin during the average follow-up of 7 months (3 months to 2 years). Retreatment was indicated in 40% of the treated patients, and in 50% of patients with AMD. As confirmed, intravitreal administration of triamcinolone after PDT could stabilize visual acuity. Side effects were not noticed.


2021 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chee-Wai Wong ◽  
Saiko Matsumura ◽  
Hla Myint Htoon ◽  
Shoun Tan ◽  
Colin S. Tan ◽  
...  

Background: The risk of pathologic myopia (PM) increases with worsening myopia and may be related to retinal microvasculature alterations. To evaluate this, we analyzed the macular microvasculature of myopes with swept source-optical coherence tomographic angiography (SS-OCTA) in adolescent and young adult Singaporeans.Methods: This is a prevalent case-control study including 93 young Chinese from the Strabismus, Amblyopia and Refractive error in Singaporean children (STARS, N = 45) study and the Singapore Cohort Study of Risk Factors for Myopia (SCORM, N = 48) studies. Macular vessel density (VD) measurements were obtained from 3 × 3 mm SS-OCTA scans and independently assessed using ImageJ. These measurements were compared between individuals with non-high myopia [non-HM, N = 40; SE &gt;-5.0 diopter (D)] and HM (SE ≤-5.0D, N = 53).Results: The mean macular VD was 40.9 ± 0.6% and 38.2 ± 0.5% in the non-HM and HM, groups, respectively (p = 0.01 adjusted for age and gender). Mean FAZ area in the superficial layer was 0.22 ± 0.02 mm2 in the HM group, which was smaller compared to non-HM group (0.32 ± 0.03 mm2, p = 0.04). Mean deep FAZ area was similar between the two groups (0.45 ± 0.03 mm2 and 0.48 ± 0.04 mm2 in the HM and non-HM groups, respectively, p = 0.70).Conclusions: VD was lower and superficial FAZ area was smaller, in adolescents and young adults with HM compared to non-HM. These findings require validation in prospective studies to assess their impact on the subsequent development of PM.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wenquan Tang ◽  
Xuanchu Duan ◽  
Junyi Ouyang ◽  
YuLin Luo ◽  
Xilang Wang

Abstract This study explored morphology and microcirculation changes of optic nerve head (ONH) in simple high myopia(SHM) and pathologic myopia(PM), in order to evaluate and identify ONH changes in the development of PM. We divided 193 right eyes of 193 patients into SHM and PM according to the retinopathy. We found that ONH is one of the earliest pathological changes in myopia, and its morphology changes were also the most obvious. PM is closely linked to the reduction of choroidal perfusion and structural changes of ONH. Microcirculation showed a significant priority changes in myopia. Further research should address whether these fndings are associated with future disease development in highly myopic eyes.


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