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Fluorescein angiography to estimate normal peripheral retinal nonperfusion in children.

ABSTRACT: To estimate the normal distance from vascular termini to ora serrata in children's eyes.Clinical records and peripheral fluorescein angiography images of the ora serrata region, taken using scleral indentation and the RetCam system during examination under anesthesia, were retrospectively reviewed from consecutive patients with presumed normal peripheral retinal vasculature. All patients had ocular disease either only in the fellow eye or if in the study eye, to a degree judged not likely to affect peripheral retinal vascular development.The record review identified 33 eyes of 31 patients with presumed normal peripheral vasculature. Mean age at angiography was 3.8 years (range, 2 months to 13 years). Mean area of nonperfusion was 0.9 disk diameters (DD) temporally (range, 1.5-0.5 DD; SD 0.3) and 0.6 DD nasally (range, 1-0.25 DD; SD 0.2).In children up to 13 years of age, the avascular retina normally extends 1.5 DD or less temporally and 1.0 DD or less nasally from the ora serrata. Conservatively, ? 2 DD of nonperfusion, 3 standard deviations more than normal, should be considered abnormal and a sign of peripheral nonperfusion. These data may serve as preliminary indicators of the range of normal when evaluating diseases with retinal vascular abnormalities in children.

SUBMITTER: Blair MP

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3756139 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Fluorescein angiography to estimate normal peripheral retinal nonperfusion in children.

Blair Michael P MP Shapiro Michael J MJ Hartnett M Elizabeth ME

Journal of AAPOS : the official publication of the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus 20120601 3

<h4>Purpose</h4>To estimate the normal distance from vascular termini to ora serrata in children's eyes.<h4>Methods</h4>Clinical records and peripheral fluorescein angiography images of the ora serrata region, taken using scleral indentation and the RetCam system during examination under anesthesia, were retrospectively reviewed from consecutive patients with presumed normal peripheral retinal vasculature. All patients had ocular disease either only in the fellow eye or if in the study eye, to a ...[more]

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Project description:ImportanceQuantification of nonperfusion (NP) and neovascularization (NV) in diabetic retinopathy (DR) may identify better biomarkers of disease progression.ObjectiveTo identify demographic risk factors and markers of advanced DR that are associated with increased areas of NP and NV in eyes with disease ranging from no DR but diagnosed as having diabetes to proliferative DR (PDR) and to calculate a threshold total area of NP that may be associated with an increased risk of PDR.Design, setting, and participantsThis retrospective case series was performed on ultrawidefield fluorescein angiography (UWF FA) images from January 2009 to May 2018 at the University of Michigan Kellogg Eye Center. A total of 363 participants (651 eyes) diagnosed as having type 1 or 2 diabetes receiving UWF FA were included. Exclusion criteria included previous panretinal photocoagulation (PRP) and poor-quality images (eg, vitreous hemorrhage and significant cataract).Main outcomes and measuresThe surface areas in millimeters squared of the foveal avascular zone; total NP; NP at posterior pole, midperiphery, and far periphery; total NV; NV at posterior pole, midperiphery, and far periphery were measured.ResultsOf 363 patients, most were male (205 patients [56.5%]) and white (247 [68%]) or black (77 [21.2%]). The mean (SD) age was 59.4 (13.7) years. Seventy-six eyes with no DR, 92 with mild NPDR, 144 with moderate NPDR, 101 with severe NPDR, 220 with PDR, and 18 with DR of unknown severity were included. Male sex had a positive association with total NP (difference, 15.72; 95% CI, 4.83-26.61; P = .005); black race/ethnicity with total NV (difference, 2.32; 95% CI, 0.09-4.55; P = .04); and vitreous hemorrhage with total NP (difference, 30.00; 95% CI, 5.26-54.75; P = .02). A threshold total NP area of 77.48 mm2 (95% CI, 54.24-92.66 mm2) was identified, at greater than which patients may have an increased risk of developing PDR (sensitivity of 59.5% and specificity of 73.6%).Conclusions and relevanceOur results indicate NP and NV can be quantified on UWF FA. These biomarkers interpreted with demographic risk factors may help predict disease progression. Conclusions are limited by ascertainment and information biases because the results are from retrospective data.

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Fluorescein angiography to estimate normal peripheral retinal nonperfusion in children.

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Fluorescein angiography to estimate normal peripheral retinal nonperfusion in children.

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