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| Year : 2017 | Volume
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Correlation between clinical, fluorescein angiography and optical coherence tomography findings in clinically significant macular edema
Nishant Rathi1, Sumana J Kamath2, Madhurima K Nayak2
1 Department of Ophthalmology, NAB Eye Hospital, Chiplun, Ratnagiri, Maharashtra, India
2 Department of Ophthalmology, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, Karnataka, India
Correspondence Address:
Sumana J Kamath
Department of Ophthalmology, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore - 575 001, Karnataka
India
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DOI: 10.4103/2320-3897.195303
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Background: Macular edema is an important cause of visual morbidity in diabetic retinopathy. It can be assessed by both fluorescein angiography (FA) and optical coherence tomography (OCT). Aims: To study, if any, correlation exists between FA and OCT patterns in Clinically significant macular edema (CSME). Furthermore, to correlate macular thickness as determined by OCT to best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA). Materials and Methods: This was a prospective study which compared patterns in FA and OCT in patients with CSME. All the patients who were diagnosed as CSME underwent a complete ophthalmic examination and were subjected to FA and OCT. Those with a hazy media were excluded from the study. The results were analyzed by Fisher's exact test. Results: A total of 32 eyes were studied. FA revealed that most of the patients had diffuse leak (59%), followed by focal leak (31%) and combined leak (10%). On OCT, isolated sponge-like retinal swelling was seen among 66% eyes, spongy retinal swelling with cystoid macular edema/serous foveal detachment in 28% eyes, and 6% had a combined pattern. There was a statistical correlation between FA and OCT findings in our study (P = 0.038). The mean central foveal thickness in our study was 321.75 98.30 μm, and there was a statistically significant correlation between central foveal thickness and BCVA (P = 0.043). Conclusion: There is a significant correlation between OCT and FA findings for CSME. Furthermore, the foveal thickness correlates to BCVA. |
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