ABNORMAL RETINAL REFLECTIVITY TO SHORT-WAVELENGTH LIGHT IN TYPE 2 IDIOPATHIC MACULAR TELANGIECTASIA.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Macular telangiectasia Type 2 (MacTel) is a bilateral, progressive, potentially blinding retinal disease characterized by vascular and neurodegenerative signs, including an increased parafoveal reflectivity to blue light. Our aim was to investigate the relationship of this sign with other signs of macular telangiectasia Type 2 in multiple imaging modalities.

Methods

Participants were selected from the MacTel Type 2 study, based on a confirmed diagnosis and the availability of images. The extent of signs in blue-light reflectance, fluorescein angiographic, optical coherence tomographic, and single- and dual-wavelength autofluorescence images were analyzed.

Results

A well-defined abnormality of the perifovea is demonstrated by dual-wavelength autofluorescence an

SUBMITTER: Sallo FB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5726908 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature