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Doppler Optical Coherence Tomography of Retinal Circulation
Published on: September 18, 2012
Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography in Branch Retinal Artery Occlusion
Tuna Çelik1, Feyza Bilen1, Fatime Nilüfer Yalçındağ1
1Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology, Ankara, Turkey.
Abstract:
Optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) is a non-invasive alternative method used in the diagnosis and follow-up of acute branch retinal artery occlusion to show changes secondary to ischemia. We report a case with acute branch retinal artery occlusion. A 52-year-old man presented with a complaint of sudden-onset visual loss in the right lower quadrant of the left eye for the previous three days. Best-corrected visual acuity was 0.4 temporally. Inferonasal visual field deficit was detected with confrontation. Pupillary light reactions were normal in both eyes and there was no relative afferent pupillary defect. Dilated fundus examination revealed retinal lesion suggesting superior temporal branch retinal artery occlusion. He was treated with dextran 40 and pentoxifylline. Follow-up fundus fluorescein angiography could not performed because of chronic renal failure; OCTA demonstrated superficial and deep capillary non-perfusion areas and telangiectases in areas corresponding to the artery occlusion.
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