DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF MACULAR EDEMA OF DIFFERENT PATHOPHYSIOLOGIC ORIGINS BY SPECTRAL DOMAIN OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY

Purpose: To develop a classification approach based solely on spectral domain optical coherence tomography to differentiate macular edema (ME) of different disease entities and to determine underlying pathology. Methods: A cross-sectional study including 153 participants: 27 with Irvine-Gass, 31 with uveitic ME, 24 with ME after branch retinal vein occlusion, 13 with central retinal vein occlusion, 44 with diabetic ME, and 14 controls. Spectral domain optical coherence tomography was graded according to a standardized reading protocol. Grading characteristics were: ME pattern in the central line (horizontal/vertical) and in volume scans, distribution of cysts in Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study ...
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Medical University of Vienna