Background/objectives: To evaluate the presence and evolution of fluid in non-exudative age-related macular degeneration (AMD) through serial OCT. Subjects/methods: A retrospective analysis of eyes with non-exudative AMD with a minimum of 4 year follow-up was done. Parameters including intraretinal fluid (IRF), subretinal fluid (SRF), and sub-retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) fluid (SRPEF); subfoveal choroidal thickness (SFCT) and type of drusen were evaluated using optical coherence tomography (OCT) scans at baseline and follow up visits. Results: Seventy-two eyes (in 63 patients) were followed up for an average of 5.83 ± 2.17 years. A total of 26/72 (36%) and 29/65 (52%) of the non-exudative eyes had fluid during baseline and the last visit. Seven eyes (10%) out of 72 eyes converted into exudative AMD or neo-vascular AMD (nAMD) during the study period. SRPEF at baseline was most common fluid location for non-exudative eyes that eventually converted to nAMD. Conclusion: Non-exudative fluid including IRF, SRF, and SRPEF is seen in patients with non-exudative AMD with increasing incidence during long term follow-up.

Intraretinal, sub-retinal, and sub-retinal pigmented epithelium fluid in non-exudative age-related macular degeneration: follow-up with OCT imaging / Samanta, A.; Jhingan, M.; Arora, S.; Singh, S.; Tucci, D.; Cagini, C.; Lupidi, M.; Chhablani, J.. - In: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY. - ISSN 1120-6721. - STAMPA. - (2021), p. 11206721211036289. [10.1177/11206721211036289]

Intraretinal, sub-retinal, and sub-retinal pigmented epithelium fluid in non-exudative age-related macular degeneration: follow-up with OCT imaging

Cagini C.;Lupidi M.;
2021-01-01

Abstract

Background/objectives: To evaluate the presence and evolution of fluid in non-exudative age-related macular degeneration (AMD) through serial OCT. Subjects/methods: A retrospective analysis of eyes with non-exudative AMD with a minimum of 4 year follow-up was done. Parameters including intraretinal fluid (IRF), subretinal fluid (SRF), and sub-retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) fluid (SRPEF); subfoveal choroidal thickness (SFCT) and type of drusen were evaluated using optical coherence tomography (OCT) scans at baseline and follow up visits. Results: Seventy-two eyes (in 63 patients) were followed up for an average of 5.83 ± 2.17 years. A total of 26/72 (36%) and 29/65 (52%) of the non-exudative eyes had fluid during baseline and the last visit. Seven eyes (10%) out of 72 eyes converted into exudative AMD or neo-vascular AMD (nAMD) during the study period. SRPEF at baseline was most common fluid location for non-exudative eyes that eventually converted to nAMD. Conclusion: Non-exudative fluid including IRF, SRF, and SRPEF is seen in patients with non-exudative AMD with increasing incidence during long term follow-up.
2021
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