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EYE
Volume 29, Issue 5, Pages 703-706Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/eye.2015.27
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- LuEsther T Mertz Retinal Research Center, Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital, New York
- Macula Foundation Inc., New York, NY, USA
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Introduction The characteristics of type 3 neovascularization (NV), also known as retinal angiomatous proliferation, have been well described clinically, as well as with fluorescein angiography (FA), indocyanine green angiography, and optical coherence tomography (OCT). OCT angiography (OCTA) is a novel and non-invasive technique for imaging retinal microvasculature by detecting changes, with respect to time, in reflectivity related to blood flow. Method In this case series, we describe two patients who presented with type 3 NV and underwent clinical examination and multimodal imaging, including OCT-A. Results In the first patient, OCT-A demonstrated flow within two separate lesions in the same eye, one of which was only weakly detected by FA. In the second patient, sequential OCT-A demonstrated a reduction in intralesional flow following intravitreal therapy. Conclusions OCT-A may have a role in the early diagnosis of type 3 NV and in assessing the response to treatment. Further studies are needed to determine sensitivity and specificity.
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