{"title":"ENLARGEMENT OF CHOROIDAL NEOVASCULARIZATION BEFORE RECURRENCE AFTER PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY FOR PACHYCHOROID NEOVASCULOPATHY.","authors":"Taiichi Hikichi, Natsuki Kubo, Moe Tabata, Haruka Kurabe","doi":"10.1097/IAE.0000000000003841","DOIUrl":"10.1097/IAE.0000000000003841","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>To investigate predictors of recurrent exudation in choroidal neovascularization (CNV) of pachychoroid neovasculopathy after photodynamic therapy (PDT).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Consecutive, treatment-naïve, symptomatic patients with pachychoroid neovasculopathy with subfoveal retinal fluid treated with PDT and followed for 18 months were studied retrospectively. Choroidal neovascularization areas were calculated from optical coherence tomography angiography images obtained at various time points after the initial PDT.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In 52 eyes, the subfoveal retinal fluid resolved completely three months after PDT; in 23 (44%) eyes, exudation recurred during the 18-month follow-up period. In 29 eyes with no recurrence, the mean baseline square root of the CNV area of 1.91 mm (95% CI, 0.27) decreased significantly ( P = 0.006) to 1.47 mm (95% CI, 0.16) at three months after PDT and decreased further until 12 months after PDT (mean, 1.26 mm; 95% CI, P < 0.001) and was maintained thereafter. In 23 eyes with a recurrence, the square root of the CNV area enlarged significantly ( P = 0.028) from 1.43 mm (95% CI, 0.21) at examination three months before the recurrence to 1.73 mm (95% CI, 0.18) at recurrence.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Choroidal neovascularization enlargement during the follow-up period after PDT for pachychoroid neovasculopathy may predict recurrence.</p>","PeriodicalId":54486,"journal":{"name":"Retina-The Journal of Retinal and Vitreous Diseases","volume":" ","pages":"1495-1503"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9570456","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Correspondence.","authors":"Christoph R Clemens, Florian Alten, Nicole Eter","doi":"10.1097/IAE.0000000000004152","DOIUrl":"10.1097/IAE.0000000000004152","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54486,"journal":{"name":"Retina-The Journal of Retinal and Vitreous Diseases","volume":" ","pages":"e60-e61"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140892562","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M Giray Ersoz, Sibel Demirel, Claudio Iovino, Jay Chhablani, David Sarraf
{"title":"Is Pachychoroid Serous Retinopathy a Better Name to Describe the Features of Central Serous Chorioretinopathy?","authors":"M Giray Ersoz, Sibel Demirel, Claudio Iovino, Jay Chhablani, David Sarraf","doi":"10.1097/IAE.0000000000004215","DOIUrl":"10.1097/IAE.0000000000004215","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54486,"journal":{"name":"Retina-The Journal of Retinal and Vitreous Diseases","volume":" ","pages":"1475-1477"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141725111","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Huanhuan Li, Yan Liu, Jinghong Yao, Jiusheng Zheng, Yanting Yang, Hui Li, Fang Wang, Yao Liu
{"title":"CLINICOPATHOLOGIC CHANGES OF VITREOMACULAR INTERFACE IN IDIOPATHIC EPIRETINAL MEMBRANE WITH DISORGANIZATION OF RETINAL INNER LAYERS.","authors":"Huanhuan Li, Yan Liu, Jinghong Yao, Jiusheng Zheng, Yanting Yang, Hui Li, Fang Wang, Yao Liu","doi":"10.1097/IAE.0000000000004162","DOIUrl":"10.1097/IAE.0000000000004162","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>To compare the pathological characteristics of the vitreomacular interface of the idiopathic epiretinal membrane with and without disorganization of retinal inner layers (DRIL) and to correlate with clinical data.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>In this clinicopathologic study, the samples of epiretinal membrane and internal limiting membrane were extracted from DRIL(+) (19 eyes) and DRIL(-) (22 eyes) idiopathic epiretinal membrane eyes. Ultrathin series sectioning for transmission electron microscopy was observed and correlated with surgery status and prognosis.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>All idiopathic epiretinal membrane eyes presented fibrocellular membranes accompanied by vitreous collagen, glial cells, and myofibroblasts, regardless of association with DRIL. A robust signal indicative of Collagen Type VI was observed in eyes DRIL(-), whereas Collagen Type I was discovered in DRIL eyes. Cell debris and microvascular basement membrane were seen on the retinal side of DRIL eyes and a larger cell count on the vitreous side. These have more intraoperative complications and less surgery benefit.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Although internal limiting membrane peeling seems important, the histopathologic findings underscore the potential for retinal injury in DRIL(+) idiopathic epiretinal membrane eyes. This suggests that further research is needed to investigate individual preoperative assessment and to modify surgical procedures.</p>","PeriodicalId":54486,"journal":{"name":"Retina-The Journal of Retinal and Vitreous Diseases","volume":"44 9","pages":"1521-1528"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142019603","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Eye Transient Ischemia Attack Full Record.","authors":"Xuequan Sun, Qining Chen, Lei Gao","doi":"10.1097/IAE.0000000000004089","DOIUrl":"10.1097/IAE.0000000000004089","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54486,"journal":{"name":"Retina-The Journal of Retinal and Vitreous Diseases","volume":" ","pages":"e56-e57"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11332365/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140061327","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Complement Inhibitors in Geographic Atrophy:: Balancing Risks and Rewards.","authors":"","doi":"10.1097/01.iae.0001050616.54362.fc","DOIUrl":"10.1097/01.iae.0001050616.54362.fc","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54486,"journal":{"name":"Retina-The Journal of Retinal and Vitreous Diseases","volume":"44 9S","pages":"S1-S8"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142009902","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Emmanuelle Satcho, Valerie C Snyder, Kunal K Dansingani, Alki Liasis, Nikita Kedia, Elena Gofas-Salas, Jay Chhablani, Joseph N Martel, José-Alain Sahel, Michel Paques, Ethan A Rossi, Marie-Helene Errera
{"title":"ADAPTIVE OPTICS AND MULTIMODAL IMAGING FOR INFLAMMATORY VITREORETINAL INTERFACE ABNORMALITIES.","authors":"Emmanuelle Satcho, Valerie C Snyder, Kunal K Dansingani, Alki Liasis, Nikita Kedia, Elena Gofas-Salas, Jay Chhablani, Joseph N Martel, José-Alain Sahel, Michel Paques, Ethan A Rossi, Marie-Helene Errera","doi":"10.1097/IAE.0000000000004144","DOIUrl":"10.1097/IAE.0000000000004144","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>To investigate changes to the vitreoretinal interface in uveitis with multimodal imaging including adaptive optics.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Four eyes (four patients) affected by fovea-attached (subtype 1A) or fovea-sparing epiretinal membranes (ERMs) on spectral-domain optical coherence tomography or visible internal limiting membrane (ILM) on infrared scanning laser ophthalmoscope (SLO) fundus imaging were recruited in this pilot study. The microstructure of the vitreoretinal interface was imaged using flood-illumination adaptive optics (FIAO), and the images were compared with the cross-sectional spectral-domain optical coherence tomography data.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Adaptive optics images revealed multiple abnormalities of the vitreoretinal interface, such as deep linear striae in ERM, and hyperreflective microstructures at the location of ERMs and ILMs. The cone mosaic was imaged by FIAO and was found altered in the four eyes with ERMs or visible ILM. The same four eyes presented alteration of photopic 30 Hz flicker that was reduced in amplitude indicating cone inner retinal layer dysfunction.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>FIAO imaging can identify specific patterns associated with ERMs and ILMs. Correlating FIAO imaging of the vitreomacular interface with the structural alterations seen in FIAO at the level of the outer retinal structures can help understand the cause of significant macular dysfunction associated with ERM.</p>","PeriodicalId":54486,"journal":{"name":"Retina-The Journal of Retinal and Vitreous Diseases","volume":"44 9","pages":"1619-1632"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11343090/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142019602","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Amer F Alsoudi, Henry C Skrehot, Patricia Chévez-Barrios, Mukul Divatia, Maria De La Garza, Maria E Bretana, Amy C Schefler
{"title":"COMPREHENSIVE MOLECULAR PROFILING OF UVEAL MELANOMA EVALUATED WITH GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING, PREFERENTIALLY EXPRESSED ANTIGEN IN MELANOMA EXPRESSION, AND NEXT-GENERATION SEQUENCING.","authors":"Amer F Alsoudi, Henry C Skrehot, Patricia Chévez-Barrios, Mukul Divatia, Maria De La Garza, Maria E Bretana, Amy C Schefler","doi":"10.1097/IAE.0000000000004153","DOIUrl":"10.1097/IAE.0000000000004153","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>To determine the association between gene-expression profiling (GEP), next-generation sequencing (NGS), preferentially expressed antigen in melanoma (PRAME) features, and metastatic risk in patients with uveal melanoma (UM).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A retrospective analysis of patients with UM treated by brachytherapy or enucleation by a single ocular oncologist was conducted from November 2020 and July 2022. Clinicopathologic features, patient outcomes, GEP classification, NGS, and PRAME results were recorded.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Comprehensive GEP, PRAME, and NGS testing was performed on 135 UMs. The presence of eukaryotic translation initiation factor 1A, X-chromosomal and splicing factor 3B subunit 1 mutations was significantly associated with GEP class 1A and GEP class 1B, respectively. The presence of BRCA- associated protein-1 mutation was significantly associated with GEP class 2. The average largest basal diameter for tumors with eukaryotic translation initiation factor 1A, X-chromosomal mutations was significantly smaller than those with splicing factor 3B subunit 1 mutations and BRCA1-associated protein-1 mutations. Class 2 tumors metastasized sooner than GEP class 1 tumors. Tumors with splicing factor 3B subunit 1 and/or BRCA1-associated protein-1 mutations metastasized sooner compared with tumors that had either no driver mutation or no mutations at all. Tumors with splicing factor 3B subunit 1 did not have a significantly different time to metastasis compared with tumors with BRCA1-associated protein-1 (P value = 0.97). Forty tumors (30%) were PRAME positive, and the remaining 95 tumors (70%) were PRAME negative. Tumors with PRAME-positive status did not have a significantly different time to metastasis compared with tumors without PRAME-positive status (P value = 0.11).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>GEP, NGS, and PRAME expression analysis help determine different levels of metastatic risk in UM. Although other prognostic tests exist, the following study reports on the use of NGS for metastatic prognostication in UM. However, limitations of NGS exist, especially with small lesions that are technically difficult to biopsy.</p>","PeriodicalId":54486,"journal":{"name":"Retina-The Journal of Retinal and Vitreous Diseases","volume":"44 9","pages":"1580-1589"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142019504","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hyeong Min Kim, Ji Won Han, Ki Woong Kim, Se Joon Woo
{"title":"LONGITUDINAL CHANGE OF RETINAL LAYER THICKNESS IN COGNITIVELY NORMAL ELDERLY SUBJECTS: Population-Based Cohort Study.","authors":"Hyeong Min Kim, Ji Won Han, Ki Woong Kim, Se Joon Woo","doi":"10.1097/IAE.0000000000004141","DOIUrl":"10.1097/IAE.0000000000004141","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>To identify longitudinal retinal layer thickness changes in normal eyes of cognitively healthy elderly people.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Post hoc analysis was performed on 57 cognitively healthy elderly participants from the population-based Korean Longitudinal Study on Health and Aging and Korean Longitudinal Study on Cognitive Aging and Dementia cohort studies who underwent baseline and final optical coherence tomography scans. The peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer, subfoveal choroid, and average retinal layer thickness at four quadrant (nasal, temporal, superior, and inferior) points 1 mm, 2 mm, and 3 mm from the center of the fovea were measured.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The mean age of subjects was 75.1 years and the mean follow-up period was 55.9 months. Among the analyzed retinal layers, both the ganglion cell-inner plexiform layer and the outer nuclear layer at all 1 mm, 2 mm, and 3 mm points showed a statistically significant decrease in thickness at the final visit compared with baseline. The annual decrease rates were -1.2 µm/year at 1 mm (total -6.6%), -1.3 µm/year at 2 mm (total -8.4%), and -1.1 µm/year at 3 mm (total -9.7%) for ganglion cell-inner plexiform layer and -0.6 µm/year at 1 mm (total -4.2%), -0.5 µm/year at 2 mm (total -3.9%), and -0.4 µm/year at 3 mm (total -4.1%) for outer nuclear layer.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Aging plays a significant role in the reduction of ganglion cell-inner plexiform layer and outer nuclear layer thicknesses in cognitively healthy elderly individuals.</p>","PeriodicalId":54486,"journal":{"name":"Retina-The Journal of Retinal and Vitreous Diseases","volume":"44 9","pages":"1633-1638"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142019505","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Francesco Sabatino, Sandra Banderas-García, Niall Patton, Felipe Dhawahir-Scala
{"title":"Intraoperative closure of large full thickness macular holes with perfluorocarbon liquid.","authors":"Francesco Sabatino, Sandra Banderas-García, Niall Patton, Felipe Dhawahir-Scala","doi":"10.1097/IAE.0000000000004219","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/IAE.0000000000004219","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>To report the role of perfluorocarbon liquid (PFCL) and passive extrusion for management of large full thickness macular holes (FTMHs).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A standard pars plana vitrectomy with induction of posterior vitreous detachment was performed for all patients. After internal limiting membrane (ILM) peel, a bubble of perfluorocarbon liquid (PFCL) was injected over the posterior pole and passive extrusion of fluid was performed with a backflush instrument below the PFCL bubble, without touching the FTMH edges, until the FTMH centre was reached. Intraoperative optical coherence tomography (OCT) showed formation of an inner retina roof in all cases and confirmed intraoperative FTMH closure. Complete PFCL removal was performed after fluid-air exchange and gas tamponade was utilised in all cases.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Preoperative FTMH mean aperture size was 761um and standard deviation (SD) 100um (range 682-918um). FTMH closure was achieved in all eyes and visualised intraoperatively with OCT. After an average follow-up of 2 months, there was improvement in the mean BCVA and central scotoma.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>FTMH closure can be achieved intraoperatively with the use of PFCL and passive extrusion. The described surgical technique could be a valid alternative for repair of large FTMHs.</p>","PeriodicalId":54486,"journal":{"name":"Retina-The Journal of Retinal and Vitreous Diseases","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2024-08-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142086403","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}