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Optical coherence tomography findings in idiopathic juxtafoveal retinal telangiectasis

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Abstract

Purpose

To describe optical coherence tomography (OCT) findings in patients with juxtafoveal retinal telangiectasis (JRT).

Methods

Fourteen consecutive patients (28 eyes) with JRT (12 patients with JRT type II, one with JRT type I and one with JRT type III) were examined using fluorescein angiography (FA) and OCT.

Results

Despite prominent leakage in FA, macular oedema was absent in all 26 eyes with type II JRT. In contrast to that, in patients with type I and type III JRT, cystoid macular oedema was evident. In 14 of 28 eyes (all with type II JRT), a single foveal cyst was found in OCT. It varied significantly in size and was associated with visual acuity decrease. An intraretinal hyperreflective lesion was seen in eight of 28 eyes and flattening of the fovea in three eyes.

Conclusions

Foveal cyst, absent macular oedema, intraretinal hyperreflective lesions and foveal flattening were the most common OCT findings in patients with JRT type II. These may represent progressive loss of retinal tissue, possibly due to Müller cells degeneration, and provide additional diagnostic criteria for JRT.

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Acknowledgement

This study was supported by Bayerische Forschungsstiftung as a scholarship provided to V. Surguch.

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  1. University Eye Clinic, Franz-Josef-Strauss Allee 11, 93042, Regensburg, Germany

    Vladimir Surguch, Maria-Andreea Gamulescu & Veit-Peter Gabel

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Correspondence to Vladimir Surguch.

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Surguch, V., Gamulescu, MA. & Gabel, VP. Optical coherence tomography findings in idiopathic juxtafoveal retinal telangiectasis. Graefe's Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 245, 783–788 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00417-006-0432-1

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