Retinal Vascular Density Using Optical Coherence Tomography-Angiography in Optic Neuritis.

ABSTRACT: The aim of this study is to access the perifoveolar and peripapillary vascular density (VD) using optical coherence tomography-angiography (OCT-A) in eyes with optic neuritis (ON) and in fellow eyes, then compare that to healthy controls.

Method

This is a cross-sectional study including 22 patients with unilateral ON and 20 control eyes of healthy subjects. A complete clinical examination and OCT-A were performed at least 6 months after the acute episode of optic neuritis. Vascular plexuses of the peripapillary and perifoveolar images obtained from OCT-A were used to calculate the VD in each plexus: superficial, deep, and peripapillary capillaries for each group (ON eyes, fellow eyes, healthy eyes).

Results

Compared to healthy control eyes, in the peripapillary area, we found

SUBMITTER: Codron P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10455229 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature