Cargando…

Ophthalmic findings in Behcet׳s disease: Cases without apparent ocular signs

PURPOSE: To evaluate the fluorescein angiography and infrared autofluorescence finding in patients with confirmed Behcet׳s disease (BD) but without clinical ocular signs. METHODS: In this prospective, non-interventional case series, montage fluorescein angiography (MFA) and infrared autofluorescence...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Chams, Hormoz, Mohtasham, Negin, Davatchi, Fereydoun, Shahram, Farhad, Naji, Abdolhadi, Aalami Harandi, Zahra, Karimi, Noushin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2015
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4877727/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27239575
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.joco.2015.10.003
Descripción
Sumario:PURPOSE: To evaluate the fluorescein angiography and infrared autofluorescence finding in patients with confirmed Behcet׳s disease (BD) but without clinical ocular signs. METHODS: In this prospective, non-interventional case series, montage fluorescein angiography (MFA) and infrared autofluorescence imaging were performed for all patients with confirmed BD but without ocular signs in clinical examination. RESULTS: Fifty BD patients (100 eyes) without clinical ocular manifestations were investigated. In MFA, we found fluorescein angiography (FA) leakage in 22 cases (44%) in both eyes, mostly at the periphery of retina. In infrared autofluorescence, profound changes were found in 43 patients, 86 eyes (86%). Twenty-five patients, 50 eyes (50%), presented retinal vascular branching modifications, straightening, tortuosity, and shunt. CONCLUSION: MFA of retina may be useful in patients with presumed BD for early diagnosis, early treatment, and follow-up of patients.