Maturation of the Human Fovea: Correlation of Spectral-Domain Optical Coherence Tomography Findings With Histology
Purpose To correlate human foveal development visualized by spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SDOCT) with histologic specimens. Design Retrospective, observational case series. Methods Morphology and layer thickness of retinal SDOCT images from 1 eye each of 22 premature infants, 30 term infants, 16 children, and 1 adult without macular disease were compared to light microscopic histology from comparable ages. Results SDOCT images correlate with major histologic findings at all time points. With both methods, preterm infants demonstrate a shallow foveal pit indenting inner retinal layers (IRL) and short, undeveloped foveal photoreceptors. At term, further IRL displacement forms the pit and peripheral ...
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