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Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography: Employing a Novel Technique for Investigation in Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada Disease

PURPOSE: To report a case of Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada (VKH) disease and describe the imaging findings by means of optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA). METHODS: Medical and ophthalmological history, ophthalmological examination, laboratory evaluation, B-scan ultrasonography, fluorescein and i...

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Autores principales: Giannakouras, Panagiotis, Andreanos, Konstantinos, Giavi, Barbara, Diagourtas, Andreas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: S. Karger AG 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5567066/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28868031
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000477611
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author Giannakouras, Panagiotis
Andreanos, Konstantinos
Giavi, Barbara
Diagourtas, Andreas
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Andreanos, Konstantinos
Giavi, Barbara
Diagourtas, Andreas
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description PURPOSE: To report a case of Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada (VKH) disease and describe the imaging findings by means of optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA). METHODS: Medical and ophthalmological history, ophthalmological examination, laboratory evaluation, B-scan ultrasonography, fluorescein and indocyanine angiography, and optical coherence tomography (OCT) were performed at baseline, as well as OCTA. RESULTS: A 50-year-old healthy female presented with decreased vision in both eyes. A Topcon DRI OCT Triton Plus swept source OCT system was used to visualize and evaluate the retinal and choroidal vascular plexus. Patchy and confluent dark areas in the superficial and deep retinal capillary plexus and choriocapillaris corresponded to areas of hypoperfusion, analyzed as areas of ischemia. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPORTANCE: VKH disease is characterized by ocular, neurological, and integumentary findings in its complete form. We present a case of incomplete disease in a 50-year-old female evaluated by means of OCTA which is a novel technique that provides depth-resolved images of the retina and choroidal microvasculature without dye injection that allows better visualization and detailed evaluation of the retinal and choroidal vascular plexus.
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spelling pubmed-55670662017-09-01 Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography: Employing a Novel Technique for Investigation in Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada Disease Giannakouras, Panagiotis Andreanos, Konstantinos Giavi, Barbara Diagourtas, Andreas Case Rep Ophthalmol Case Report PURPOSE: To report a case of Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada (VKH) disease and describe the imaging findings by means of optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA). METHODS: Medical and ophthalmological history, ophthalmological examination, laboratory evaluation, B-scan ultrasonography, fluorescein and indocyanine angiography, and optical coherence tomography (OCT) were performed at baseline, as well as OCTA. RESULTS: A 50-year-old healthy female presented with decreased vision in both eyes. A Topcon DRI OCT Triton Plus swept source OCT system was used to visualize and evaluate the retinal and choroidal vascular plexus. Patchy and confluent dark areas in the superficial and deep retinal capillary plexus and choriocapillaris corresponded to areas of hypoperfusion, analyzed as areas of ischemia. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPORTANCE: VKH disease is characterized by ocular, neurological, and integumentary findings in its complete form. We present a case of incomplete disease in a 50-year-old female evaluated by means of OCTA which is a novel technique that provides depth-resolved images of the retina and choroidal microvasculature without dye injection that allows better visualization and detailed evaluation of the retinal and choroidal vascular plexus. S. Karger AG 2017-07-13 /pmc/articles/PMC5567066/ /pubmed/28868031 http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000477611 Text en Copyright © 2017 by S. Karger AG, Basel http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This article is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-4.0 International License (CC BY-NC) (http://www.karger.com/Services/OpenAccessLicense). Usage and distribution for commercial purposes requires written permission.
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Giannakouras, Panagiotis
Andreanos, Konstantinos
Giavi, Barbara
Diagourtas, Andreas
Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography: Employing a Novel Technique for Investigation in Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada Disease
title Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography: Employing a Novel Technique for Investigation in Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada Disease
title_full Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography: Employing a Novel Technique for Investigation in Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada Disease
title_fullStr Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography: Employing a Novel Technique for Investigation in Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada Disease
title_full_unstemmed Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography: Employing a Novel Technique for Investigation in Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada Disease
title_short Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography: Employing a Novel Technique for Investigation in Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada Disease
title_sort optical coherence tomography angiography: employing a novel technique for investigation in vogt-koyanagi-harada disease
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5567066/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28868031
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000477611
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