21 results on '"Akitaka TSUJIKAWA"'
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2. DETECTION AND CHARACTERISTICS OF UNRUPTURED RETINAL ARTERIAL MACROANEURYSMS
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Saori, Sakaguchi, Yuki, Muraoka, Naomi, Nishigori, Masaharu, Ishikura, Shin, Kadomoto, Manabu, Miyata, Tomoaki, Murakami, Sotaro, Ooto, and Akitaka, Tsujikawa
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Ophthalmology ,Retinal Artery ,retinal arterial macroaneurysm ,Visual Acuity ,Humans ,rupture ,unruptured retinal arterial macroaneurysm ,General Medicine ,Fluorescein Angiography ,unruptured ,Retrospective Studies - Abstract
Purpose: To determine the presence of unruptured retinal arterial macroaneurysms (RAMs) and to examine the characteristics of the detected lesions. Methods: This retrospective observational study included the affected and contralateral eyes of 50 patients (100 eyes) with symptomatic, unilateral, ruptured RAMs who visited the Department of Ophthalmology at the Kyoto University Hospital (April 2014–April 2020) and were followed up for at least 6 months after the onset. The presence and characteristics of unruptured RAMs were examined by reviewing the findings of color fundus photography and infrared scanning laser ophthalmoscopy performed before the onset or during the follow-up period. Results: Unruptured RAMs were detected in six of the 50 patients. Some patients had bilateral or multiple unruptured RAMs, and a total of 12 unruptured RAMs were detected in eight eyes of the six patients. Among the detected lesions, eight exhibited a longitudinal increase in their diameter during the follow-up period, whereas six exhibited ruptures. Conclusion: Unruptured RAM is not an uncommon retinal vascular abnormality and can enlarge and progress to ruptured RAM.
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- 2022
3. PREDICTORS OF RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM TEAR DEVELOPMENT AFTER TREATMENT FOR NEOVASCULAR AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION USING SWEPT SOURCE OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY ANGIOGRAPHY
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Satoshi Yasuhara, Manabu Miyata, Sotaro Ooto, Hiroshi Tamura, Naoko Ueda-Arakawa, Akihito Uji, Yuki Muraoka, Masahiro Miyake, Ayako Takahashi, Tomotaka Wakazono, Kenji Yamashiro, and Akitaka Tsujikawa
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Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A ,Macular Degeneration ,Ophthalmology ,Retinal Detachment ,Humans ,Angiogenesis Inhibitors ,Prospective Studies ,Retinal Pigment Epithelium ,General Medicine ,Fluorescein Angiography ,Choroidal Neovascularization ,Tomography, Optical Coherence ,Retrospective Studies - Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate the predictors of retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) tear development after treatment for neovascular age-related macular degeneration using swept source optical coherence tomography angiography.This prospective study included 152 treatment-naïve eyes with neovascular age-related macular degeneration without high myopia that were followed up for 1 year after treatment. Eligible eyes were classified into eyes with or without RPE tear development. They were matched in a 1:2 ratio. The areas of choroidal neovascularization (CNV) and RPE detachment (pigment epithelial detachment [PED]) were measured from optical coherence tomography angiography and OCT en face images, respectively. The optical coherence tomography angiography-specific parameters representing CNV status were analyzed.Eight (5.3%) of the 152 eyes developed RPE tears (RPE tear group). After matching, 16 eyes without RPE tears were analyzed (non-RPE tear group). The ratio of the CNV/PED area was lower in the RPE tear group than that in the non-RPE tear group (P = 0.007). The PED area was broader (P = 0.008), and PED height was greater in the RPE tear group (P = 0.04). Optical coherence tomography angiography-specific parameters did not differ between the two groups.Neovascular age-related macular degeneration with pretreatment broad PED, high PED, and small CNV area relative to the PED area has a high risk of RPE tear development after therapy. However, CNV status may not have an association.
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- 2022
4. FIXATION STATUS AFTER RESOLUTION OF MACULAR EDEMA ASSOCIATED WITH BRANCH RETINAL VEIN OCCLUSION
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Yuto Iida, Takahiro Kogo, Rima Ghashut, Yuko Iida-Miwa, Sotaro Ooto, Manabu Miyata, Tomoaki Murakami, Yuki Muraoka, Akitaka Tsujikawa, and Kiyoshi Suzuma
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Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Visual acuity ,genetic structures ,Fundus Oculi ,Visual Acuity ,Macular Edema ,03 medical and health sciences ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,0302 clinical medicine ,Optical coherence tomography ,Foveal ,Ophthalmology ,Retinal Vein Occlusion ,medicine ,Humans ,Macula Lutea ,Fluorescein Angiography ,Macular edema ,Aged ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,business.industry ,Retinal Vessels ,Retinal ,General Medicine ,Prognosis ,medicine.disease ,eye diseases ,chemistry ,Fixation (visual) ,030221 ophthalmology & optometry ,Visual Field Tests ,Branch retinal vein occlusion ,Female ,sense organs ,Visual Fields ,medicine.symptom ,business ,Microperimetry ,Tomography, Optical Coherence ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery - Abstract
PURPOSE To evaluate fixation status of eyes with branch retinal vein occlusion (BRVO) and to investigate its association with other clinical parameters. METHODS This study included 57 consecutive eyes with BRVO after resolution of macular edema. Fixation status was determined by microperimetry. Defect length of the foveal ellipsoid zone band was measured by optical coherence tomography, and retinal perfusion status was assessed by optical coherence tomography angiography. RESULTS In microperimetry, the mean fixation rate around the gravitational center of all fixation points (defined as the fixation center) was found to be 79.8 ± 18.9%, which was significantly associated with defect length of the foveal ellipsoid zone band (P < 0.001) and distance between the foveal and fixation centers (P = 0.012). The integrity of the ellipsoid zone band at the fixation center was intact in 55 eyes (96.5%). Fixation centers were located within and outside the foveal avascular zone in 33 (57.9%) and 24 (42.1%) eyes, respectively; among the latter eyes, all fixation centers were perfused. Downward deviation of fixation points was rare, despite variations in the occluded area; there was a significant difference in distribution of deviation between eyes with superotemporal and inferotemporal BRVO (P < 0.001). CONCLUSION In eyes with BRVO, fixation status was strongly associated with visual acuity, morphologic damage, and retinal perfusion status both in the foveal area and at the fixation center after resolution of macular edema. This information regarding fixation status could facilitate vision management in patients with BRVO.
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- 2019
5. MACULAR ATROPHY FINDINGS BY OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY ANGIOGRAPHY COMPARED WITH FUNDUS AUTOFLUORESCENCE IN TREATED EXUDATIVE AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION
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Rie Osaka, Kazuyuki Hirooka, Aoi Ono, Yukari Takasago, Akitaka Tsujikawa, Ayana Yamashita, Mamoru Kobayashi, and Chieko Shiragami
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Male ,Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A ,exudative age-related macular degeneration ,genetic structures ,Cross-sectional study ,Angiogenesis Inhibitors ,optical coherence tomography angiography ,choroidal ischemia ,0302 clinical medicine ,Medicine ,Macula Lutea ,Original Study ,Prospective Studies ,Fluorescein Angiography ,Prospective cohort study ,fundus autofluorescence ,Follow up studies ,Macular atrophy ,General Medicine ,Intravitreal Injections ,Female ,Tomography, Optical Coherence ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Fundus Oculi ,macular atrophy ,03 medical and health sciences ,Ranibizumab ,Ophthalmology ,Humans ,choriocapillaris nonperfusion ,Aged ,Choroid ,business.industry ,Optical coherence tomography angiography ,Macular degeneration ,Exudative age-related macular degeneration ,medicine.disease ,eye diseases ,Fundus autofluorescence ,Capillaries ,Cross-Sectional Studies ,Photochemotherapy ,Wet Macular Degeneration ,030221 ophthalmology & optometry ,sense organs ,Atrophy ,business ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery ,Follow-Up Studies - Abstract
The area of choriocapillaris nonperfusion on optical coherence tomography angiography correlated with the area of macular atrophy on fundus autofluorescence in eyes with exudative age-related macular degeneration. Choroidal ischemia might be involved in macular atrophy in treated age-related macular degeneration., Purpose: To compare the areas of choriocapillaris (CC) nonperfusion and macular atrophy (MA) in treated exudative age-related macular degeneration. Methods: This was a prospective, observational, cross-sectional study. Forty-four eyes exhibiting MA (42 patients with age-related macular degeneration), with a dry macula, underwent fundus autofluorescence and optical coherence tomography angiography. The area of MA detected by fundus autofluorescence and CC nonperfusion detected by optical coherence tomography angiography was measured using image analysis software. The rates of concordance between the MA and CC nonperfusion areas were calculated. We qualitatively and quantitatively compared the areas of MA and CC nonperfusion in age-related macular degeneration eyes. Results: The mean areas of MA and CC nonperfusion were 5.95 ± 4.50 mm2 and 10.66 ± 7.05 mm2, respectively (paired t-test, P < 0.001). In 39 eyes (88.6%), the CC nonperfusion area was larger than the MA area, and the mean CC nonperfusion area was significantly larger than the mean MA area. Fundus autofluorescence matching optical coherence tomography angiography showed that the CC nonperfusion area was almost included in the MA area. The mean concordance rate for the MA area inside the CC nonperfusion area was 87.7 ± 13.9%. Conclusion: The MA and CC nonperfusion areas markedly overlapped. The area of CC nonperfusion correlated with the MA area. Choroidal ischemia might be involved in the pathogenesis of MA in treated age-related macular degeneration.
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- 2019
6. MACULAR ATROPHY AND MACULAR MORPHOLOGY IN AFLIBERCEPT-TREATED NEOVASCULAR AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION
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Hideo Nakanishi, Sotaro Ooto, Akitaka Tsujikawa, Nagahisa Yoshimura, Masayuki Hata, Manabu Miyata, Tomotaka Wakazono, Hiroshi Tamura, Ayako Takahashi, Akio Oishi, Yoshimasa Kuroda, and Kenji Yamashiro
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Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Time Factors ,genetic structures ,Fundus Oculi ,Recombinant Fusion Proteins ,Treatment outcome ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Ophthalmology ,Age related ,medicine ,Humans ,Macula Lutea ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Fluorescein Angiography ,Aged ,Retrospective Studies ,Aflibercept ,Dose-Response Relationship, Drug ,business.industry ,Follow up studies ,Macular atrophy ,General Medicine ,Macular degeneration ,medicine.disease ,eye diseases ,Receptors, Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor ,Treatment Outcome ,Intravitreal Injections ,Wet Macular Degeneration ,030221 ophthalmology & optometry ,Female ,sense organs ,business ,Tomography, Optical Coherence ,Follow-Up Studies ,medicine.drug - Abstract
To investigate the incidence and predictors of macular atrophy during treatment with aflibercept for neovascular age-related macular degeneration in Japanese patients.This study included patients with treatment-naive subfoveal neovascular age-related macular degeneration treated from December 2012 through January 2015. Patients were treated with bi-monthly aflibercept injections after 3 monthly loading injections for the first year. Diagnosis of retinal pigment epithelial atrophy was made based on color fundus photography, spectral-domain optical coherence tomography, and fundus autofluorescence. Baseline characteristics and morphological features were analyzed for their association with the development of macular atrophy.This study included 123 eyes that had no baseline macular atrophy and treated with aflibercept injections for 12 months. Thirteen eyes (10.6%) developed new macular atrophy at 12 months. Logistic regression analysis showed that the presence of intraretinal fluid and thinner subfoveal choroidal thickness at baseline were associated with the development of macular atrophy after aflibercept treatment.Macular atrophy developed in about 10% of eyes with neovascular age-related macular degeneration during 12 months of treatment with a fixed regimen of aflibercept. Intraretinal fluid and subfoveal choroidal thickness seem to be predictors for development of macular atrophy after anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) therapy.
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- 2018
7. RECURRENCE OF CHOROIDAL NEOVASCULARIZATION LESION ACTIVITY AFTER AFLIBERCEPT TREATMENT FOR AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION
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Akitaka Tsujikawa, Akio Oishi, Yumiko Akagi-Kurashige, Sotaro Ooto, Masayuki Hata, Nagahisa Yoshimura, Hiroshi Tamura, Ayako Takahashi, Tomotaka Wakazono, and Kenji Yamashiro
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Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Time Factors ,Visual acuity ,genetic structures ,Fundus Oculi ,Recombinant Fusion Proteins ,Visual Acuity ,Lesion ,03 medical and health sciences ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,0302 clinical medicine ,Macula Lutea ,Recurrence ,Ophthalmology ,medicine ,Humans ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Aged ,Retrospective Studies ,Aflibercept ,Aged, 80 and over ,Choroid ,business.industry ,Retinal ,General Medicine ,Middle Aged ,Macular degeneration ,medicine.disease ,Choroidal Neovascularization ,eye diseases ,Receptors, Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor ,Treatment Outcome ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Choroidal neovascularization ,chemistry ,Intravitreal Injections ,Wet Macular Degeneration ,030221 ophthalmology & optometry ,Female ,sense organs ,medicine.symptom ,business ,Tomography, Optical Coherence ,Follow-Up Studies ,medicine.drug - Abstract
PURPOSE To examine the recurrence rate of choroidal neovascularization (CNV) lesion activity in age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and associated factors after 1-year aflibercept treatment. METHODS Age-related macular degeneration eyes with 1-year aflibercept fixed-regimen treatment and a follow-up period of at least 18 months from the initial aflibercept injection for treatment-naive exudative AMD were retrospectively evaluated. The recurrence rate was examined. Age, gender, visual acuity, AMD subtype, greatest linear dimension, and retinal and choroidal thicknesses at the 12th month examination were compared between eyes with and without recurrence. Presence of remnant polyps and pigment epithelial detachment (PED) morphology were also compared in polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV) eyes. RESULTS Of the 98 eyes studied, 69 displayed a dry macula at the 12th month examination; 43.7% exhibited recurrence during the subsequent 12-month period in Kaplan-Meier analysis. Although no factors associated with recurrence were detected in AMD, remnant polyps and pigment epithelial detachment morphology at the 12th month examination were significantly associated with recurrence in polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (P = 0.018 and 0.048, respectively). CONCLUSION Continuous, proactive treatment would be considered overtreatment for more than half of the AMD eyes that achieved a dry macula. Angiography and optical coherence tomography analyses may be useful for predicting recurrence in polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy eyes.
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- 2017
8. ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN MACULAR EDEMA AND CIRCULATORY STATUS IN EYES WITH RETINAL VEIN OCCLUSION
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Yuto Iida, Ayako Takahashi, Sotaro Ooto, Nagahisa Yoshimura, Tomoaki Murakami, Akihito Uji, Akitaka Tsujikawa, Yuki Muraoka, Kiyoshi Suzuma, Yuko Miwa, and Shigeta Arichika
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Male ,0301 basic medicine ,Optics and Photonics ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Retinal Vein ,genetic structures ,Macular Edema ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Optical coherence tomography ,Foveal ,Ophthalmology ,Retinal Vein Occlusion ,Occlusion ,Humans ,Medicine ,Adaptive optics ,Macular edema ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,business.industry ,Microcirculation ,Reproducibility of Results ,Retinal Vessels ,General Medicine ,Anatomy ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,eye diseases ,Scanning laser ophthalmoscopy ,Ophthalmoscopy ,030104 developmental biology ,Regional Blood Flow ,Microvessels ,Circulatory system ,030221 ophthalmology & optometry ,Female ,sense organs ,business ,Blood Flow Velocity - Abstract
PURPOSE To investigate associations between parafoveal microcirculatory status and foveal pathomorphology in eyes with macular edema (ME) secondary to retinal vein occlusion (RVO). METHODS Ten consecutive patients (10 eyes) with acute retinal vein occlusion were enrolled, 9 eyes of which received intravitreal ranibizumab (IVR) injections. Foveal morphologic changes were examined via optical coherence tomography (OCT), and parafoveal circulatory status was assessed via adaptive optics scanning laser ophthalmoscopy (AO-SLO). RESULTS The mean parafoveal aggregated erythrocyte velocity (AEV) measured by adaptive optics scanning laser ophthalmoscopy in eyes with retinal vein occlusion was 0.99 ± 0.43 mm/second at baseline, which was significantly lower than that of age-matched healthy subjects (1.41 ± 0.28 mm/second, P = 0.042). The longitudinal adaptive optics scanning laser ophthalmoscopy examinations of each patient showed that parafoveal AEV was strongly inversely correlated with optical coherence tomography-measured central foveal thickness (CFT) over the entire observation period. Using parafoveal AEV and central foveal thickness measurements obtained at the first and second examinations, we investigated associations between differences in parafoveal AEV and central foveal thickness, which were significantly and highly correlated (r = -0.84, P = 0.002). CONCLUSION Using adaptive optics scanning laser ophthalmoscopy in eyes with retinal vein occlusion macular edema, we could quantitatively evaluate the parafoveal AEV. A reduction or an increase in parafoveal AEV may be a clinical marker for the resolution or development/progression of macular edema respectively.
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- 2017
9. ASSOCIATION BETWEEN PARAFOVEAL CAPILLARY NONPERFUSION AND MACULAR FUNCTION IN EYES WITH BRANCH RETINAL VEIN OCCLUSION
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Akitaka Tsujikawa, Saki Manabe, Chieko Shiragami, Tomoyoshi Fujita, Yuki Muraoka, Rie Osaka, Yukari Takasago, Kazuyuki Hirooka, and Yuki Nakano
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Male ,0301 basic medicine ,Fovea Centralis ,medicine.medical_specialty ,genetic structures ,Capillary action ,03 medical and health sciences ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,0302 clinical medicine ,Ophthalmology ,Retinal Vein Occlusion ,medicine ,Humans ,Macula Lutea ,Prospective Studies ,Fluorescein Angiography ,Aged ,Retina ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,business.industry ,Retinal Vessels ,Retinal ,General Medicine ,Middle Aged ,Fluorescein angiography ,medicine.disease ,eye diseases ,Capillaries ,030104 developmental biology ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,chemistry ,030221 ophthalmology & optometry ,Branch retinal vein occlusion ,Female ,Tomography ,business ,Microperimetry ,Perfusion ,Tomography, Optical Coherence - Abstract
PURPOSE To investigate the parafoveal perfusion status of the superficial and deep capillary layer in eyes with resolved branch retinal vein occlusion, and to study its effects on retinal sensitivity. METHODS In 27 enrolled eyes (27 patients) with resolved branch retinal vein occlusion, superficial and deep capillaries in the macular area (3- × 3-mm, centered on the fovea) were examined with optical coherence tomography angiography. Retinal sensitivity was examined with fundus-monitored microperimetry. RESULTS Optical coherence tomography angiography clearly showed the parafoveal superficial and deep capillaries individually. On the affected side of retina, 25 eyes (92.6%) showed capillary nonperfusion; 23 (85.2%) in the superficial layer and 22 (81.5%) in the deep layer. Capillary nonperfusions of both layers frequently overlapped and appeared to be connected with each other. Mean (±SD) retinal sensitivity at the superficial capillary nonperfusion was 19.2 ± 6.3 dB, significantly lower than that at the superficial capillary perfusion (24.4 ± 2.8 dB, P < 0.001). Similarly, mean retinal sensitivity at the deep capillary nonperfusion was 20.8 ± 5.0 dB, significantly lower than that at deep capillary perfusion (24.3 ± 2.8 dB, P = 0.0016). Mean retinal sensitivity with superficial capillary nonperfusion was significantly lower than that with deep capillary nonperfusion (P = 0.0226). CONCLUSION Optical coherence tomography angiography visualized parafoveal capillary nonperfusion in superficial and deep layers individually in eyes with resolved branch retinal vein occlusion. Retinal sensitivity was significantly reduced at these capillary nonperfusions.
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- 2017
10. ASSOCIATION BETWEEN RETINAL HEMORRHAGIC PATTERNS AND PERFUSION STATUS IN EYES WITH ACUTE CENTRAL RETINAL VEIN OCCLUSION
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Sotaro Ooto, Tomoaki Murakami, Akitaka Tsujikawa, Nagahisa Yoshimura, Akihito Uji, Yuto Iida, Ayako Takahashi, Masayuki Hata, Yuki Muraoka, Kiyoshi Suzuma, and Yuko Miwa
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Male ,0301 basic medicine ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Visual acuity ,genetic structures ,Visual Acuity ,Ischemia ,03 medical and health sciences ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,0302 clinical medicine ,Central retinal vein occlusion ,Ophthalmology ,Retinal Vein Occlusion ,medicine ,Humans ,Prospective Studies ,Fluorescein Angiography ,Prospective cohort study ,Aged ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,business.industry ,Retinal Hemorrhage ,Retinal Vessels ,Retinal ,General Medicine ,Middle Aged ,Fluorescein angiography ,medicine.disease ,eye diseases ,Surgery ,Peripheral ,Cross-Sectional Studies ,030104 developmental biology ,chemistry ,Area Under Curve ,Acute Disease ,030221 ophthalmology & optometry ,Female ,Visual Fields ,medicine.symptom ,business ,Perfusion - Abstract
To evaluate peripheral retinal hemorrhagic patterns in eyes with acute central retinal vein occlusion, and to explore their clinical relevance in differentiating for the retinal perfusion status, through a prospective, and cross-sectional study.Fifty eyes with acute central retinal vein occlusion were included. Retinal hemorrhagic patterns at the equator and retinal perfusion status were evaluated by ultra-wide field fundus photography and fluorescein angiography.Retinal perfusion was categorized as nonischemic in 29 eyes, ischemic in 18 eyes, and undeterminable in 3 eyes. None of the examined eyes had flame-shaped retinal hemorrhages in the periphery. All hemorrhages were rounded-dot or blot and were variable in size. Particle analysis was performed to quantify hemorrhage size, and showed higher values in eyes having larger blot hemorrhages, and lower values in eyes having dot or smaller blot hemorrhages. Mean size of maximum peripheral dot or blot hemorrhage was larger in eyes classified as ischemic (10,763.0 ± 5,946.3 pixels) than as nonischemic (2,839.9 ± 1,153.6 pixels, P0.001). The authors calculated area under the curve to investigate the ability of continuous variables to discriminate retinal perfusion status, which was 0.963 (P0.001) for mean size of maximum peripheral blot hemorrhages.The authors objectively evaluated retinal hemorrhagic patterns at the equator in eyes with acute central retinal vein occlusion using particle analysis. The resulting hemorrhage size measurement was considered to be often useful in determining retinal perfusion status. Because they can be noninvasively evaluated with readily available equipment, peripheral hemorrhagic patterns might be good clinical markers of retinal perfusion.
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- 2017
11. DISRUPTED FOVEAL PHOTORECEPTORS AFTER COMBINED CYSTOID SPACES AND RETINAL DETACHMENT IN BRANCH VEIN OCCLUSION TREATED WITH BEVACIZUMAB
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Yuki Muraoka, Tomoaki Murakami, Nagahisa Yoshimura, Yumiko Kurashige, Akitaka Tsujikawa, Atsushi Sakamoto, Ken Ogino, and Kazuaki Miyamoto
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Male ,Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A ,Fovea Centralis ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Visual acuity ,genetic structures ,Visual Acuity ,Angiogenesis Inhibitors ,Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized ,Macular Edema ,Serous Retinal Detachment ,Foveal ,Ophthalmology ,Retinal Vein Occlusion ,medicine ,Humans ,External limiting membrane ,Macular edema ,Aged ,Retrospective Studies ,business.industry ,Retinal Detachment ,Retinal detachment ,General Medicine ,medicine.disease ,eye diseases ,Vein occlusion ,Bevacizumab ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Intravitreal Injections ,Branch retinal vein occlusion ,Female ,sense organs ,medicine.symptom ,business ,Tomography, Optical Coherence ,Photoreceptor Cells, Vertebrate - Abstract
Purpose: To investigate how combined cystoid spaces and serous retinal detachment affect photoreceptor status and visual acuity at final visit in macular edema associated with branch retinal vein occlusion. Methods: Forty-seven consecutive eyes from 47 patients with macular edema associated with branch retinal vein occlusion treated with intravitreal bevacizumab injection were retrospectively reviewed. Foveal pathomorphology on optical coherence tomography images were divided into two groups: those in which combined foveal cystoid spaces and serous retinal detachment were observed at least once (C+S(+)) and those in which they were not observed (C+S(−)). The relationship between foveal pathomorphology and photoreceptor status and logarithm of the minimum angle of resolution at final visit was investigated. Results: Sixteen eyes were categorized as C+S(+), and the final visual acuity of C+S(+) group was significantly worse than that of C+S(−) group compared with no difference at baseline. Intriguingly, combined foveal pathomorphologies during the course were significantly associated with the absence of external limiting membrane and the junction of inner and outer segments at last visit. Using multivariable analysis, final logarithm of the minimum angle of resolution was significantly related to baseline logarithm of the minimum angle of resolution, diabetes, and C+S(+). Conclusion: Combined foveal cystoid spaces and retinal detachment during follow-up predict the disrupted foveal photoreceptors and concomitant poor final visual acuity in branch retinal vein occlusion treated with intravitreal bevacizumab injection.
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- 2012
12. CHARACTERISTICS OF OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHIC HYPERREFLECTIVE FOCI IN RETINAL VEIN OCCLUSION
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Nagahisa Yoshimura, Atsushi Sakamoto, Kazuaki Miyamoto, Ken Ogino, Tomoaki Murakami, Akitaka Tsujikawa, and Masafumi Ota
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Male ,Fovea Centralis ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Retinal Vein ,genetic structures ,Color ,Fundus (eye) ,Macular Edema ,Serous Retinal Detachment ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Central retinal vein occlusion ,Ophthalmology ,Retinal Vein Occlusion ,medicine ,Humans ,Fluorescein Angiography ,External limiting membrane ,Aged ,Retrospective Studies ,Diabetic Retinopathy ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,business.industry ,Retinal ,Exudates and Transudates ,General Medicine ,Middle Aged ,Fluorescein angiography ,medicine.disease ,eye diseases ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,chemistry ,Branch retinal vein occlusion ,Female ,sense organs ,business ,Tomography, Optical Coherence - Abstract
PURPOSE To evaluate the hyperreflective foci in branch retinal vein occlusion and central retinal vein occlusion depicted by spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (OCT). METHODS Consecutive series of 73 eyes of 73 patients with retinal vein occlusion (58 branch retinal vein occlusion and 15 central retinal vein occlusion) who had Spectralis OCT images obtained were retrospectively reviewed, comparing color fundus photographs and fluorescein angiography. RESULTS Hyperreflective foci were detected in 54 eyes (74.0%) by spectral-domain OCT, and hard exudates were detected in 17 eyes (23.3%) by color fundus photography. Hard exudates on the color photographs corresponded to the confluence of hyperreflective foci mainly around the outer plexiform layer in the unaffected areas on the spectral-domain OCT images, whereas fine hyperreflective foci were scattered in all retinal layers of the affected areas (P < 0.001). Most eyes with hyperreflective foci attached to the inner side of the external limiting membrane also had serous retinal detachment (P < 0.001). Compared with diabetic macular edema, we did not find subfoveal hard exudates in retinal vein occlusion. CONCLUSION Hyperreflective foci delineated on spectral-domain OCT suggest the pathogenesis regarding the flow of extravasated blood constituents in retinal vein occlusion.
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- 2012
13. RETINAL MICROSTRUCTURAL ABNORMALITIES IN CENTRAL SEROUS CHORIORETINOPATHY AND POLYPOIDAL CHOROIDAL VASCULOPATHY
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Akitaka Tsujikawa, Satoshi Mori, Nagahisa Yoshimura, Sotaro Ooto, Kenji Yamashiro, Atsushi Otani, and Hiroshi Tamura
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Adult ,Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Visual acuity ,genetic structures ,Visual Acuity ,polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy ,complex mixtures ,Macular Edema ,Retina ,Diagnosis, Differential ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Optical coherence tomography ,Ophthalmology ,Photography ,medicine ,Humans ,Fluorescein Angiography ,Macular edema ,Aged ,Retrospective Studies ,Aged, 80 and over ,Peripheral Vascular Diseases ,optical coherence tomography ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,Choroid ,business.industry ,Retinal Detachment ,Fundus photography ,Retinal Hemorrhage ,Retinal ,Choroid Diseases ,General Medicine ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,Fluorescein angiography ,eye diseases ,Surgery ,Serous fluid ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Central Serous Chorioretinopathy ,chemistry ,Female ,sense organs ,medicine.symptom ,business ,Tomography, Optical Coherence - Abstract
Purpose To compare retinal morphologic alterations in eyes with polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV) and central serous chorioretinopathy (CSC) using speckle noise-reduced spectral-domain optical coherence tomography. Methods We retrospectively reviewed 63 eyes of 62 patients with active PCV and 38 eyes of 38 patients with active CSC. Patients underwent fundus photography, angiography, and speckle noise-reduced spectral-domain optical coherence tomography examinations, and retinal morphologic alterations were evaluated. Results Cystoid macular edema, lipid deposits, subretinal hemorrhage, and hemorrhagic pigment epithelial detachment were not seen in any eye with CSC but were seen in eyes with PCV. In PCV, mean visual acuity was significantly poorer in eyes with fibrin infiltration (P = 0.027) or hemorrhagic infiltration (P = 0.002) in the fovea than in eyes without fibrin or hemorrhagic infiltration. Conclusion Differentiating factors between PCV and CSC noted on spectral-domain optical coherence tomography include a lack of cystoid macular edema, lipid deposition, subretinal hemorrhage, and hemorrhagic pigment epithelial detachment in eyes with CSC, which makes spectral-domain optical coherence tomography helpful in differentiating CSC from PCV. More severe retinal alterations were seen in PCV than in CSC because of infiltration of fibrin and hemorrhage in the outer retina, which also correlated with poorer vision.
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- 2011
14. PUNCTATE HYPERFLUORESCENT SPOTS ASSOCIATED WITH CENTRAL SEROUS CHORIORETINOPATHY AS SEEN ON INDOCYANINE GREEN ANGIOGRAPHY
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Hiroshi Tamura, Kenji Yamashiro, Akitaka Tsujikawa, Yumiko Ojima, Satoko Nakagawa, Sotaro Ooto, and Nagahisa Yoshimura
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Adult ,Indocyanine Green ,Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Indocyanine green angiography ,Serous Retinal Detachment ,Capillary Permeability ,Ophthalmology ,medicine ,Humans ,Fluorescein Angiography ,Coloring Agents ,Retrospective Studies ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,Spots ,Choroid ,business.industry ,Retinal Detachment ,General Medicine ,Middle Aged ,Fluorescein angiography ,eye diseases ,Serous fluid ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Central Serous Chorioretinopathy ,Female ,sense organs ,business ,Tomography, Optical Coherence - Abstract
PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to examine indocyanine green angiography of eyes with central serous chorioretinopathy (CSC). METHODS We retrospectively studied the medical records of 39 patients (41 eyes) with active CSC who were
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- 2010
15. Sterile endophthalmitis after intravitreal injection of bevacizumab obtained from a single batch
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Kenji Yamashiro, Daisuke Iwama, Hiroshi Tamuara, Akitaka Tsujikawa, Manabu Sasahara, Nagahisa Yoshimura, Hideasu Oh, Kazuaki Miyamoto, Sotaro Ooto, and Atsushi Otani
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Male ,Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Visual acuity ,Bevacizumab ,genetic structures ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Visual Acuity ,Angiogenesis Inhibitors ,Vitrectomy ,bevacizumab ,Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized ,Vial ,Injections ,Macular Degeneration ,Endophthalmitis ,Retinal Vein Occlusion ,parasitic diseases ,medicine ,Humans ,Sterile endophthalmitis ,Glucocorticoids ,age-related macular degeneration ,Aged ,Aged, 80 and over ,business.industry ,branch retinal vein occlusion ,Antibodies, Monoclonal ,General Medicine ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,Choroidal Neovascularization ,eye diseases ,Anti-Bacterial Agents ,Surgery ,Vitreous Body ,Ophthalmology ,endophthalmitis ,Monoclonal ,Branch retinal vein occlusion ,Female ,medicine.symptom ,business ,medicine.drug - Abstract
The purpose of this study was to report 14 consecutive cases of endophthalmitis after intravitreal injection of bevacizumab (Avastin; Roche, Basel, Switzerland) obtained from a single batch.One vial of bevacizumab (100 mg/4 mL) was divided into 20 sterile injections and kept at 4 degrees C before use. Bevacizumab (1.25 mg/0.05 mL) was injected intravitreally into 19 eyes of 15 patients to treat macular edema or choroidal neovascularization. All treatments were performed within 1 week of the bevacizumab, which was from a single batch, being aliquotted into the 20 doses.Of the 19 eyes, 14 showed moderate to severe ocular inflammation immediately after injection. Cultures of aqueous humor and vitreous from 5 eyes were negative for bacteria and fungi. Eyes with moderate inflammation received topical or systemic antibiotics and steroid treatment. Five eyes with severe inflammation underwent pars plana vitrectomy because of dense vitreous opacity. Visual acuity returned to preendophthalmitis levels in 12 eyes but had decreased in 2 eyes at 1 month after the injection.Intravitreal injection of bevacizumab can cause sterile endophthalmitis. Most inflammation occurred within a few days after the intravitreous injection of the bevacizumab, but treatment with antibiotics, steroids, and/or vitrectomy was effective, and the prognosis was good in most cases.
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- 2010
16. RETINAL STRUCTURAL CHANGES ASSOCIATED WITH RETINAL ARTERIAL MACROANEURYSM EXAMINED WITH OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY
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Nagahisa Yoshimura, Masafumi Ota, Akitaka Tsujikawa, Hideyasu Oh, Mihori Kita, Atsushi Sakamoto, and Kazuaki Miyamoto
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Adult ,Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,genetic structures ,Retinal Artery ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Visual Acuity ,Vitrectomy ,Aneurysm, Ruptured ,Serous Retinal Detachment ,Ophthalmoscopy ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Foveal ,Ophthalmology ,medicine ,Humans ,Fluorescein Angiography ,Aged ,Retrospective Studies ,Aged, 80 and over ,Retina ,Laser Coagulation ,Rupture, Spontaneous ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,business.industry ,Retinal Hemorrhage ,Retinal ,General Medicine ,Middle Aged ,Prognosis ,Fluorescein angiography ,Aneurysm ,eye diseases ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,chemistry ,Female ,sense organs ,business ,Laser coagulation ,Tomography, Optical Coherence ,Follow-Up Studies ,Papilledema ,Photoreceptor Cells, Vertebrate - Abstract
Purpose To study the retinal structural changes associated with a retinal arterial macroaneurysm and their association with visual prognosis. Methods We studied retrospectively the medical records of 44 eyes of 44 patients with a retinal arterial macroaneurysm; all eyes showed hemorrhagic and/or exudative changes of the fovea with a visual disturbance. The retinal structural changes were examined by optical coherence tomography (OCT). Results At the initial visit, 30 eyes (68%) showed severe hemorrhagic complications. In eyes with subretinal hemorrhage beneath the fovea, retinal structure was relatively preserved at the initial visit. At the final visit, however, foveal structure was often degenerated, especially in its outer aspect, with limited visual recovery. The 14 eyes (32%) with minimal hemorrhagic complications showed an extensive exudative change caused by the aneurysm. In 13 of these eyes, OCT examination revealed extensive retinal edema, predominantly in the outer retina. Retinal edema beneath the fovea caused a focal serous retinal detachment in 12 eyes. Eight eyes with extensive exudative change showed an accumulation of hard exudates in the macular area, and visual recovery of these eyes was often limited. Conclusion Subretinal hemorrhage or extensive exudative change from a retinal arterial macroaneurysm can cause destruction of the foveal outer photoreceptor layer, resulting in a poor visual outcome.
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- 2009
17. IMPROVED VISUALIZATION OF POLYPOIDAL CHOROIDAL VASCULOPATHY LESIONS USING SPECTRAL-DOMAIN OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY
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Atsushi Otani, Akitaka Tsujikawa, Nagahisa Yoshimura, Yumiko Ojima, Hiroshi Tamura, Masanori Hangai, and Atsushi Sakamoto
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Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Visual acuity ,genetic structures ,Visual Acuity ,Spectral domain ,Retinal Pigment Epithelium ,Optical coherence tomography ,Ophthalmology ,Humans ,Medicine ,Fluorescein Angiography ,Aged ,Retrospective Studies ,Aged, 80 and over ,Peripheral Vascular Diseases ,Retinal pigment epithelium ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,Choroid ,business.industry ,General Medicine ,Middle Aged ,Fluorescein angiography ,eye diseases ,Visualization ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Female ,Bruch Membrane ,sense organs ,Tomography ,medicine.symptom ,business ,Tomography, Optical Coherence - Abstract
To report the tomographic features of vascular lesions beneath the retinal pigment epithelium in eyes with polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy by using spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT).Retrospective observational case series.Angiograms and images obtained using the prototype SD-OCT system were compared for 21 eyes of 21 patients with polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy to identify sub-retinal pigment epithelium abnormalities visible on three-dimensional and enhanced SD-OCT images.On angiography, a branching vascular network and at least 1 polypoidal lesion were visible in all 21 eyes; 10 eyes also had pigment epithelial detachment (PED). SD-OCT revealed a thin straight line of high reflectivity-Bruch's membrane-associated with the branching vascular network in all 21 eyes, polypoidal lesions, 19 (90%) of the 21 eyes; and PED, 9 (90%) of the 10 eyes with PED. The vascular abnormalities of polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (polypoidal lesion and branching vascular network) identified with angiograms were visualized on SD-OCT images in 20 of the 21 eyes (95%) as areas of moderate reflectivity between the clearly delineated abnormal section of retinal pigment epithelium and Bruch's membrane.Enhanced SD-OCT imaging clearly depicted Bruch's membrane beneath areas of abnormal retinal pigment epithelium in the same locations where the vascular abnormalities of polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy were evident on angiography.
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- 2009
18. INTEGRITY OF FOVEAL PHOTORECEPTOR LAYER IN CENTRAL RETINAL VEIN OCCLUSION
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Mihori Kita, Noritatsu Yamaike, Yuriko Kotera, Atsushi Sakamoto, Kazuaki Miyamoto, Nagahisa Yoshimura, Akitaka Tsujikawa, and Masafumi Ota
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Adult ,Male ,Fovea Centralis ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Visual acuity ,genetic structures ,Visual Acuity ,Macular Edema ,Ophthalmoscopy ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Central retinal vein occlusion ,Optical coherence tomography ,Foveal ,Ophthalmology ,Retinal Vein Occlusion ,medicine ,Humans ,Retinal Photoreceptor Cell Inner Segment ,Fluorescein Angiography ,Macular edema ,Aged ,Retrospective Studies ,Aged, 80 and over ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,business.industry ,Retinal ,General Medicine ,Middle Aged ,Retinal Photoreceptor Cell Outer Segment ,Fluorescein angiography ,medicine.disease ,eye diseases ,chemistry ,Female ,sense organs ,medicine.symptom ,business ,Tomography, Optical Coherence - Abstract
PURPOSE To study the correlation between final visual acuity and integrity of the foveal photoreceptor layer after resolution of macular edema (ME) associated with central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO). METHODS We studied retrospectively 27 eyes of 27 patients with resolved ME associated with central retinal vein occlusion. On optical coherence tomography, integrity of the foveal photoreceptor layer was studied using the junctions between inner and outer segments of the photoreceptor (IS/OS) line as a hallmark. RESULTS At the final visit, foveal thickness was decreased to a physiologic level in all eyes. On optical coherence tomography, 14 eyes showed the IS/OS line in the fovea, whereas 13 eyes showed no IS/OS line. In concordance with resolution of the ME, visual acuity had improved significantly by the final visit. However, final visual acuity in eyes without an IS/OS line was significantly poorer than that in eyes with an IS/OS line (P < 0.0001). In addition, integrity of the foveal photoreceptor layer after resolution of the ME had a significant correlation with the initial retinal perfusion status (P = 0.0156) and with initial visual acuity (P = 0.0050). CONCLUSIONS After resolution of the ME associated with central retinal vein occlusion, visual acuity is closely associated with integrity of the foveal photoreceptor layer.
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- 2008
19. MACULAR COMPLICATIONS ON THE BORDER OF AN INFERIOR STAPHYLOMA ASSOCIATED WITH TILTED DISC SYNDROME
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Nagahisa Yoshimura, Hisako Hayashi, Hideo Nakanishi, Daisuke Iwama, Norimoto Gotoh, Hiroshi Tamura, Atsushi Otani, and Akitaka Tsujikawa
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Adult ,Indocyanine Green ,Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Visual acuity ,genetic structures ,Optic Disk ,Visual Acuity ,Serous Retinal Detachment ,Atrophy ,Retinal Diseases ,Ophthalmology ,medicine ,Humans ,Macula Lutea ,Eye Abnormalities ,Fluorescein Angiography ,Coloring Agents ,Aged ,Retrospective Studies ,Aged, 80 and over ,Peripheral Vascular Diseases ,Retinal pigment epithelium ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,Choroid ,business.industry ,Staphyloma ,Syndrome ,General Medicine ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,Fluorescein angiography ,Choroidal Neovascularization ,eye diseases ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Choroidal neovascularization ,Female ,sense organs ,medicine.symptom ,Early phase ,business ,Tomography, Optical Coherence ,Dilatation, Pathologic - Abstract
PURPOSE To describe the clinical characteristics of macular complications on the border of an inferior staphyloma associated with tilted disk syndrome. METHODS We reviewed retrospectively the medical records of 32 consecutive eyes of 20 patients with tilted disk syndrome and an inferior staphyloma lying across the macula. RESULTS In 21 (66%) eyes, fluorescein angiography showed window defects on the border of the staphyloma, where the early phase of indocyanine green angiography showed hypofluorescence due to atrophy of the choriocapillaris. On the late phase of indocyanine green angiography, 19 eyes (59%) showed hyperfluorescence along the border of the staphyloma, which often extended beyond the area of the window defect. Of the 32 eyes, 25 (78%) had macular complications: polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy in 7 (22%), classic choroidal neovascularization in 1 (3%), focal serous retinal detachment without polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy or choroidal neovascularization in 13 (41%), and atrophy of the retinal pigment epithelium alone in 4 (13%). Visual acuity in eyes with polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy or choroidal neovascularization was significantly worse than that in eyes with other complications (P < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS Eyes with tilted disk syndrome often have macular complications on the border of the inferior staphyloma, which can cause severe visual loss.
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- 2008
20. RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIAL TEAR IN POLYPOIDAL CHOROIDAL VASCULOPATHY
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Akitaka Tsujikawa, Hiroko Aikawa, Nagahisa Yoshimura, Hiroshi Tamura, Hideo Nakanishi, Yumiko Ojima, Yasuhiko Hirami, and Atsushi Otani
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Indocyanine Green ,Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Visual acuity ,genetic structures ,Visual Acuity ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Initial visit ,Ophthalmology ,Humans ,Medicine ,Fluorescein Angiography ,Coloring Agents ,Pigment Epithelium of Eye ,Aged ,Retrospective Studies ,Aged, 80 and over ,Peripheral Vascular Diseases ,Retinal pigment epithelium ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,Choroid ,business.industry ,Retinal ,Choroid Diseases ,General Medicine ,Middle Aged ,Retinal Perforations ,eye diseases ,Pigment epithelial detachment ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Photochemotherapy ,chemistry ,Angiography ,Tears ,Female ,sense organs ,medicine.symptom ,business ,Tomography, Optical Coherence - Abstract
PURPOSE To study the clinical characteristics of tears of the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) in eyes with polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV). METHODS The authors report eight eyes of eight patients with PCV that had tears of the RPE. These were examined with angiography and tomography. RESULTS Eight eyes of eight patients (seven men and one woman) had RPE tears at the margin of a serosanguineous pigment epithelial detachment (PED) associated with PCV. Tears of the RPE were detected at the initial visit in one eye and during follow-up without any treatment in five eyes. In two eyes, the RPE tears were detected 3 months and 6 months, respectively, after photodynamic therapy. In all eyes, the RPE tears were detected at the side opposite to the polypoidal lesions of the PEDs, and the fovea was not involved in the RPE tear. Visual acuity in the seven eyes without RPE tears on presentation ranged from 20/100 to 20/16 (median, 20/32). During follow-up, three of these eyes lost three or more lines of vision. At the final examination, while three of these eyes had visual acuity of 20/25 or better, the other four had visual acuity of 20/200 or worse. CONCLUSION In eyes with PCV, RPE tears can occur at the margin of serosanguineous PEDs-either spontaneously or after photodynamic therapy.
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- 2007
21. QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF FOVEAL RETINAL THICKNESS IN DIABETIC RETINOPATHY WITH THE SCANNING RETINAL THICKNESS ANALYZER
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Izumi Suzuma, Akitaka Tsujikawa, Tsutomu Yasukawa, Yuichiro Ogura, Jin Dong, Junichi Kiryu, and Hitoshi Takagi
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Adult ,Fovea Centralis ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Visual acuity ,genetic structures ,Visual Acuity ,Fundus (eye) ,Retina ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Foveal ,Ophthalmology ,Image Processing, Computer-Assisted ,medicine ,Humans ,Fluorescein Angiography ,Macular edema ,Aged ,Diabetic Retinopathy ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,business.industry ,Lasers ,Retinal ,General Medicine ,Diabetic retinopathy ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,Fluorescein angiography ,eye diseases ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,chemistry ,sense organs ,medicine.symptom ,business - Abstract
PURPOSE This study sought to measure foveal retinal thickness in patients with diabetic retinopathy and to investigate the relationship between foveal thickness and visual acuity, biomicroscopic findings, and angiographic features. METHODS A commercial scanning retinal thickness analyzer was used to measure retinal thickness. A laser slit was projected onto the retina and scanned in 400 milliseconds across the central area of the fundus. The image where the laser slit intersects with the retina was digitally recorded and analyzed. Retinal thickness was measured in 35 patients (35 eyes; patient age, 57 +/- 13 years) with diabetic retinopathy. Patients also were examined by fluorescein angiography and slit-lamp biomicroscopy to detect foveal thickening. RESULTS Linear regression analysis indicated a significant correlation between foveal thickness and visual acuity (adjusted R2 = 0.72, P < 0.001). Foveal thickness was abnormal in 6 (100%) of 6 eyes in which foveal thickening was detected with slit-lamp biomicroscopy. Foveal thickness also was abnormal in 9 (31%) of 29 eyes that appeared normal by biomicroscopic examination. Foveal thickness was 136 +/- 65 microns in 7 eyes without leakage, 175 +/- 35 microns in 13 eyes with questionable leakage, and 291 +/- 120 microns in 7 eyes with definite leakage (P = 0.0075). CONCLUSIONS Retinal thickness analysis is shown to be more sensitive than slit-lamp biomicroscopy for detecting small changes in retinal thickness. Retinal thickness analysis may prove to be a useful, noninvasive modality for the development or regression of macular edema.
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