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Jung JJ, Lim SY, Chan X, Yee Yeoh CH, Smolyar K, Oribello A, Dizon AG, Hoang QV. ULTRA-WIDEFIELD IMAGING DETECTION RATE IN IDENTIFYING PERIPHERAL RETINAL TEARS IN SINGLE VERSUS MONTAGE OF PERIPHERAL STEERING. Retina 2024; 44:406-413. [PMID: 37976437 DOI: 10.1097/iae.0000000000003979] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2023]
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PURPOSE To compare the detection rate of orthogonal, directed peripheral steering, and automontaged images with ultra-widefield imaging and the factors influencing the ability to identify retinal breaks. DESIGN Retrospective cohort study. METHODS Three hundred and seventy-six treatment-naive eyes (349 patients) that underwent laser retinopexy for retinal breaks between 2015 and 2021 were included. Pretreatment ultra-widefield orthogonal, peripheral steering, and automontage were cross-referenced to scleral-depressed examination to determine whether images successfully visualized all retinal breaks. Total relative retinal area (RRA) visualized was divided by its optic disk area (pixels) to calculate relative retinal area. Potential associations were assessed by linear regression analysis. RESULTS One hundred and sixty two eyes (154 patients) met inclusion criteria. Orthogonal, peripheral steering, and automontage images showed detection rates of 47.5%, 90.7%, and 80.0%, respectively. Relative retinal area increased from orthogonal versus montage by 34.7% ± 26.5% (mean ± SD), which increased the detection rate by 90.8% ( P = 0.006). In linear probability models, vertical meridian tears decreased probability of identification in orthogonal, peripheral steering, and automontage by -26.6%, -86.2%, and -68.7%, respectively ( P < 0.001), and horizontal meridian tears increased the probability by 62.2%, 92.9%, and 85.5%, respectively, ( P < 0.001). Tears posterior to the equator in orthogonal images increased the probability (91.4%, P < 0.001). Artifacts such as lids/lashes, reflection, and face guard decreased the probability in directed peripheral steering by -28.6%, -50.0%, and -66.7%, respectively, ( P = 0.020, P = 0.049, and P = 0.016). CONCLUSION Using directed peripheral steering and automontage increases RRA and detection rate of identifying peripheral retinal breaks. Tears in horizontal meridians or posterior to the equator increase the probability of identification. Common ultra-widefield imaging artifacts can significantly limit the probability of identifying retinal tears.
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- Jesse J Jung
- East Bay Retina Consultants, Inc, Oakland, CA
- Department of Ophthalmology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California
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- Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore National Eye Centre, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore
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- Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore National Eye Centre, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore
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- Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore National Eye Centre, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore
- Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore; and
- Department of Ophthalmology, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York
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Ahmad TR, Padmanabhan S, Jung JJ. Eye Pain During Hemodialysis in Severe Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy With Neovascular Glaucoma. J Vitreoretin Dis 2024; 8:203-204. [PMID: 38465365 PMCID: PMC10924587 DOI: 10.1177/24741264241230147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/12/2024]
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Purpose: To report a case of severe eye pain developing during dialysis. Methods: A case report was performed. Results: A 41-year-old man with uncontrolled type 2 diabetes and end-stage nephropathy developed severe pain in the left eye during hemodialysis. A decline in vision in both eyes was reported over the preceding year, with blindness in the left eye for 6 months. The best-corrected visual acuity was 20/150 OD and light perception OS. The intraocular pressure was 14 mm Hg and 59 mm Hg, respectively. An examination found disc neovascularization with a "volcanic eruption" of vitreous hemorrhage from the optic nerve in the right eye and significant corneal edema and iris neovascularization with no posterior view in the left eye. The patient required urgent cyclophotocoagulation for neovascular glaucoma (NVG) in the left eye, bilateral antivascular endothelial growth factor injections, and panretinal photocoagulation in the right eye for proliferative diabetic retinopathy. Conclusions: Worsening eye pain during hemodialysis in a patient with NVG indicates severely limited outflow capacity and requires immediate intervention.
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- Tessnim R. Ahmad
- Department of Ophthalmology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
- Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center, Department of Ophthalmology, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
- Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center, Department of Ophthalmology, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
- Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center, Department of Ophthalmology, San Francisco, CA, USA
- East Bay Retina Consultants, Inc, Oakland, CA, USA
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Chan X, Amoroso JR, Hoang QV, Jung JJ. The Spectrum of Relentless Placoid and Acute Posterior Multifocal Placoid Pigment Epitheliopathy (APMPPE): Multimodal Imaging Analysis. Retin Cases Brief Rep 2024:01271216-990000000-00298. [PMID: 38437794 DOI: 10.1097/icb.0000000000001555] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2023] [Accepted: 02/13/2024] [Indexed: 03/06/2024]
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PURPOSE To showcase the spectrum between APMPPE and relentless placoid utilizing ultra-widefield imaging findings of a case of acute posterior multifocal placoid pigment epitheliopathy (APMPPE) progressing to relentless placoid chorioretinitis (RPC). METHODS A 23-year-old Caucasian female presented with worsening vision in both eyes. Clinical examination and multimodal imaging modalities including fundus photos, fundus autofluorescence, fluorescein angiography (FA), indocyanine green angiography (ICGA) and spectral-domain optical coherence tomography and angiography were utilized to diagnose APMPPE and clinically follow the patient. RESULTS Clinical examination of the patient initially revealed posterior lesions consistent with APMPPE but subsequent multimodal images including ultra-widefield FA and ICGA revealed newer, more peripheral lesions more typical of RPC. CONCLUSION When compared to standard multimodal imaging, ultra-widefield imaging is an effective tool to delineate nuances between APMPPE and RPC through identification of peripheral lesions, which may be of clinical importance when determining management and therapeutics for patients.
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- Xavier Chan
- Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore National Eye Centre, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore
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- Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore National Eye Centre, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore
- Department of Ophthalmology, Edward S. Harkness Eye Institute, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY
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- East Bay Retina Consultants Inc., Oakland, CA
- Department of Ophthalmology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
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Jung JJ, Zeng A, Komati R, Mackin AG, Skondra D, Yonekawa Y, Fineman MS, Ezon I, Rofagha S, Hoang QV. NODULAR EPIRETINAL MÜLLER CELL GLIOSIS IN THE FOVEA. Retin Cases Brief Rep 2023; 17:779-784. [PMID: 35972829 PMCID: PMC10597442 DOI: 10.1097/icb.0000000000001298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to report the findings of a hyperreflective nodular epiretinal gliosis observed with optical coherence tomography presumed to be due to subclinical hyaloidal traction causing Mϋller cell cone gliosis. METHODS Retrospective, observational case series. RESULTS Six eyes of six patients (mean age: 57 years, range 35-81 years) presented with a nodular epiretinal gliosis and had an average follow-up interval of 26 months (range 1-82 months). The mean baseline best-corrected visual acuity was 0.25 ± 0.17 (Snellen equivalent 20/38.3 ± 16.9). Fundus photography demonstrated a yellowish lesion overlying the fovea. Optical coherence tomography imaging revealed a hyperreflective preretinal lesion with a mean vertical length of 267 μ m (range 185-497) and a mean greatest linear diameter of 312 µ m (range 124-640). There was no vitreoretinal abnormality including vitreomacular traction or epiretinal membrane noted in any eye, and two of six eyes displayed a definitive posterior vitreous detachment. These nodules may have occurred before and persisted even after a posterior vitreous detachment or may have been acquired after the posterior vitreous detachment. The nodules typically remained stable with minimal change although in one eye, a posterior vitreous detachment occurred 6 months after initial presentation and lifted the gliosis off of the retinal surface where it remained attached to the posterior hyaloid. CONCLUSION Foveal nodular epiretinal gliosis may occur due to subclinical hyaloidal traction on the Müller cell cone even without obvious vitreoretinal interface abnormality on optical coherence tomography.
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- Jesse J. Jung
- East Bay Retina Consultants Inc., Oakland, California
- Department of Ophthalmology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California
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- East Bay Retina Consultants Inc., Oakland, California
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- Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Science, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
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- Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Science, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
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- Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Science, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
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- Wills Eye Hospital, Mid Atlantic Retina, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PN
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- Wills Eye Hospital, Mid Atlantic Retina, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PN
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- Jersey Shore Retina Consultants, West Long Branch, New Jersey
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- East Bay Retina Consultants Inc., Oakland, California
- Department of Ophthalmology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California
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- Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore National Eye Centre, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore;
- Department of Ophthalmology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore; and
- Department of Ophthalmology, Edward S. Harkness Eye Institute, Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York.
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Pakravan P, Shaheen A, Patel V, Villalba MF, Dib B, Lai J, Rohowetz L, Chau V, Patel NA, Tzu JH, Wang AL, Alhoyek S, Scott N, Samara WA, Goduni L, Jung JJ, Russell JF, Mantopoulos D, Hajrasouliha AR, Savoie BT, Haddock LJ, Berrocal AM, Sridhar J, West MR, Yannuzzi NA. Unexplained Vision Loss Associated With Intraocular Silicone Oil Tamponade in Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment Repair. J Vitreoretin Dis 2023; 7:299-304. [PMID: 37927311 PMCID: PMC10621697 DOI: 10.1177/24741264231161121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2023]
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Purpose: To evaluate the visual outcomes with unexplained vision loss during or after silicone oil (SO) tamponade. Methods: This multicenter retrospective case series comprised patients with unexplained vision loss associated with SO tamponade or its removal. Eyes with other clear secondary identifiable causes of vision loss were excluded. Results: Twenty-nine eyes of 28 patients (64% male) were identified. The mean age was 50 ± 13 years (range, 13-78 years). The mean duration of SO tamponade was 148 ± 38 days. Eighteen eyes (62%) developed unexplained vision loss while under SO; 11 (38%) had vision loss after SO removal. The most common optical coherence tomography (OCT) finding was ganglion cell layer (GCL) thinning (55%). Eyes with vision loss after SO removal had a mean logMAR best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) of 0.6 ± 0.7 (Snellen 20/85) before SO tamponade and 1.2 ± 0.4 (20/340) before SO removal. By the last follow-up after SO removal, the BCVA had improved to 1.1 ± 0.4 (20/235). In eyes with vision loss after SO removal, the BCVA before SO removal was 0.7 ± 0.7 (20/104), which deteriorated to 1.4 ± 0.4 (20/458) 1 month after SO removal. By the last follow-up, the BCVA had improved to 1.0 ± 0.5 (20/219). Conclusions: Unexplained vision loss can occur during SO tamponade or after SO removal. Vision loss was associated with 1000-centistoke and 5000-centistoke oil and occurred in macula-off and macula-on retinal detachments. The duration of tamponade was 3 months or longer in the majority of eyes. Most eyes had GCL thinning on OCT. Gradual visual recovery can occur yet is often incomplete.
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- Parastou Pakravan
- Department of Ophthalmology, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear infirmary, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear infirmary, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Institute for Vision Research and Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
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- Diseases of the Retina and Vitreous, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, NH, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology at Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
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Pakravan P, Patel V, Chau V, Rohowetz L, Lai J, Fan KC, Al-Khersan H, Melo IM, Muni RH, Tsao SW, Kaplan R, Jung JJ, Hoyek S, Patel NA, Kuriyan AE, Laura DM, Mantopoulos D, Syed ZA, Yannuzzi NA. Haptic Erosion Following Sutureless Scleral-fixated Intraocular Lens Placement. Ophthalmol Retina 2023; 7:333-337. [PMID: 36441084 DOI: 10.1016/j.oret.2022.10.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2022] [Revised: 10/13/2022] [Accepted: 10/24/2022] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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PURPOSE To describe the clinical features and visual outcomes of eyes with conjunctival haptic erosion after sutureless intrascleral (SIS) fixated intraocular lens (IOL) placement. DESIGN Retrospective case series. SUBJECTS Patients experiencing haptic erosion after SIS fixation between January 1, 2013, and March 1, 2022. METHODS A multicenter, multisurgeon, retrospective review. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Clinical features, visual outcomes, and treatment options following haptic erosions after SIS fixation. RESULTS Nineteen eyes with haptic erosion were identified. The mean age at initial SIS fixation was 64 ± 12 years (range, 38-81 years). There were 5 (26%) eyes with a history of conjunctiva involving ocular surgery, including scleral buckle surgery and tube shunt surgery. Trocar-assisted fixation was performed in 15 (79%) eyes, whereas needle fixation was used in 4 (21%) eyes. Eighteen (95%) sets of haptics were flanged with a low temperature cautery. Seventeen (90%) sets of haptics were externalized superiorly and inferiorly, and 2 (10%) sets of haptics were externalized nasally and temporally. Haptics were covered by conjunctiva in 14 (74%) eyes and by scleral flap in 5 (26%) eyes. All patients experienced a single haptic erosion, of which 8 (43%) were located superiorly, 9 (47%) inferiorly, and 2 (10%) temporally. The mean interval between the initial SIS fixation and haptic erosion was 278 ± 437 days. After correction of the erosion, 18 (95%) eyes had a stable IOL at the last follow-up, with no recurrence of haptic erosion. In this series, there were no cases of endophthalmitis. CONCLUSIONS Haptic erosion is a notable complication after SIS fixated IOL surgery but may be repaired with favorable visual outcomes. Careful evaluation of the conjunctiva should be considered before the surgery. FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE(S) Proprietary or commercial disclosure may be found after the references.
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- Parastou Pakravan
- Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida
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- Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida
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- Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida
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- Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida
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- Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida
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- Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida
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- Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Southern California Permanente Medical Group, Santa Ana, California
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- Department of Ophthalmology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California; East Bay Retina Consultants, Inc., Oakland, California
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- Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Wills Eye Hospital, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida
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- Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida.
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Jung JJ, Chan X, Lim SY, Lee SS, Rofagha S, Hoang QV. Quadrant Asymmetry in Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography Metrics in Ischemic Versus Non-Ischemic Central Retinal Vein Occlusion Eyes. Transl Vis Sci Technol 2023; 12:30. [PMID: 36988945 PMCID: PMC10064914 DOI: 10.1167/tvst.12.3.30] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/30/2023] Open
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Purpose To determine whether quadrant asymmetry (QA) of optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) metrics differs between non-ischemic versus ischemic central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO). Methods Fifty-eight eyes (21 non-ischemic, 10 ischemic CRVO, and 27 contralateral control eyes) underwent 3 × 3 mm spectral-domain OCTA scans with quantification of the superficial retinal layer vessel length density (VLD) and perfusion density (PD). QA, defined as the maximum-minus-minimum value among four parafoveal Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study (ETDRS) quadrants, was compared by linear regression including fixed effects for each eye. Results Mean age was 73.6 ± 11.4 (range 39-88), 73.8 ± 12.4 (range 39-91) and 77.2 ± 9.83, (range 60-88); and QA was 3.46 ± 1.76, 3.14 ± 1.57, and 4.88 ± 2.42 for VLD and 0.072 ± 0.038, 0.062 ± 0.036, and 0.11 ± 0.056 for PD for control, non-ischemic, and ischemic, respectively. QA was significantly higher in ischemic (0.109 ± 0.056) than non-ischemic CRVO eyes (0.062 ± 0.036; P = 0.02) and control eyes for PD (0.072 ± 0.038; P = 0.03). QA was also greater in ischemic (4.875 ± 2.418) than non-ischemic CRVO (3.141 ± 1.572) for VLD (P = 0.04). In terms of identifying which particular quadrant is most affected by ischemia, multivariate regression analysis comparing intra-quadrant effect on the presence of ischemia versus non-ischemia showed no quadrant was significantly affected (P > 0.05 for all quadrants). Conclusions Ischemic CRVO increases intraeye QA of OCTA metrics when compared to non-ischemic CRVO and control eyes. No specific ETDRS quadrant appears to be more affected. Translational Relevance This work uses an intraeye method to delineate between ischemic and non-ischemic CRVO by OCTA imaging, overcoming inter-eye variables encountered in clinical care.
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- Jesse J Jung
- East Bay Retina Consultants Inc., Oakland, CA, USA
- Department of Ophthalmology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore National Eye Centre, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore
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- Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore National Eye Centre, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore
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- East Bay Retina Consultants Inc., Oakland, CA, USA
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- East Bay Retina Consultants Inc., Oakland, CA, USA
- Department of Ophthalmology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore National Eye Centre, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore
- Department of Ophthalmology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
- Department of Ophthalmology, Edward S. Harkness Eye Institute, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, USA
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Jung JJ, Lim SY, Chan X, Sadda SR, Hoang QV. Correlation of Diabetic Disease Severity to Degree of Quadrant Asymmetry in En Face OCTA Metrics. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2022; 63:12. [PMID: 35943732 PMCID: PMC9379327 DOI: 10.1167/iovs.63.9.12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Purpose To determine if diabetic retinopathy (DR) severity affects quadrant asymmetry (QA) of optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) metrics differentially. Methods Ninety eyes (60 patients) with no diabetes mellitus (DM) (n = 39) or varying levels of DR (n = 51) had OCTA images (3 × 3 mm, Cirrus5000) acquired five times and averaged. The vessel length density (VLD) and perfusion density (PD) of the superficial retinal layer (SRL) and deep retinal layer (DRL) were measured. QA was defined as the maximum minus minimum value among four parafoveal Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy quadrants, and compared with DR severity by linear regression including fixed effects for each individual and eye. Results The mean patient age was 55.5 years (range, 24–88 years) and 60% were male. Comparing severe nonproliferative DR or proliferative DR versus no DM/DR eyes, QA was significantly higher for SRL VLD, and PD (+0.67 ± 0.16 and +0.014 ± 0.003; P < 0.001) and DRL VLD, and PD (+1.25 ± 0.16 and +0.032 ± 0.003; P < 0.001). When comparing mild or moderate nonproliferative DR versus no DM/DR, the DRL VLD, and PD were significantly higher (+0.51 ± 0.13 and +0.015 ± 0.003; P < 0.001). For every step increase in DR severity, there was a +0.20 QA for SRL VLD, +0.004 SRL PD, +0.33 DRL VLD and +0.009 DRL PD (P < 0.001). Regression analysis comparing intraquadrant effect on DR severity demonstrated that the superior quadrant was most affected for all OCTA metrics. Conclusions DR severity affects VLD and PD more asymmetrically across Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy quadrants with a linear increase in QA for each worsening level of DR. Individual intraeye metrics such as QA can accurately quantify DR severity without concerns for intereye variabilities that could affect the reproducibility and reliability of OCTA quantification.
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- Jesse J Jung
- East Bay Retina Consultants Inc., Oakland, California, United States.,Department of Ophthalmology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States
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- Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore National Eye Centre, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore
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- Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore National Eye Centre, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore
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- Doheny Eye Institute, Los Angeles, California, United States.,Department of Ophthalmology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, United States
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- Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore National Eye Centre, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore.,Department of Ophthalmology, Edward S. Harkness Eye Institute, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York, United States
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Al-Moujahed A, Lin JH, Gagnon MR, Pulido J, Mruthyunjaya P, Jung JJ. BILATERAL SERPIGINOUS-LIKE CHORIORETINITIS ASSOCIATED WITH CILIOCHOROIDAL MELANOMA: A Clinicopathologic Correlation. Retina 2022; 42:824-830. [PMID: 35174798 PMCID: PMC10590207 DOI: 10.1097/iae.0000000000003435] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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PURPOSE To report the clinicopathologic correlation of a case of bilateral serpiginous-like chorioretinitis (SLC) associated with unilateral ciliochoroidal melanoma. METHODS A 71-year-old white woman was diagnosed with progressive SLC in both eyes associated with ciliochoroidal melanoma in the right eye. Clinical findings and imaging before and after enucleation in the right eye were correlated to histologic and immunohistochemistry sections. RESULTS Examination and imaging identified a peripheral bilobed amelanotic lesion with low reflectivity on B-scan ultrasound with an associated exudative detachment in the right eye. Additionally, multiple areas of new SLC lesions in the macula and peripapillary region in the right eye and along the inferior arcade in the left eye were observed. Oncologic evaluation confirmed a Class 2, ciliochoroidal melanoma, and the eye was enucleated. Autoimmune and infectious laboratory evaluations for the etiology of the SLC lesions were negative. Histopathology of the enucleated eye confirmed the diagnosis of uveal melanoma with lymphocytic inflammation at the edges of the tumor itself and in the areas of discrete SLC lesions. Immunohistochemistry identified similar predominantly CD3 and CD8 T cells and fewer CD20 B cells in both regions. CONCLUSION Serpiginous-like chorioretinitis may present as a paraneoplastic, predominantly T-lymphocyte inflammation associated with intraocular tumor such as uveal melanoma.
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- Ahmad Al-Moujahed
- Department of Ophthalmology, Byers Eye Institute, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California
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- Department of Pathology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Mid Atlantic Retina, Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Byers Eye Institute, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California
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- East Bay Retina Consultants, Inc, Oakland, California; and
- Department of Ophthalmology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California
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Freund KB, Staurenghi G, Jung JJ, Zweifel SA, Cozzi M, Hill L, Blotner S, Tsuboi M, Gune S. Macular neovascularization lesion type and vision outcomes in neovascular age-related macular degeneration: post hoc analysis of HARBOR. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 2022; 260:2437-2447. [PMID: 35239009 PMCID: PMC8891431 DOI: 10.1007/s00417-022-05586-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2021] [Revised: 01/20/2022] [Accepted: 02/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Purpose To characterize relationships between Consensus on Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration Nomenclature (CONAN) Study Group classifications of macular neovascularization (MNV) and visual responses to ranibizumab in patients with neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD). Methods This was a post hoc analysis of the phase 3 HARBOR trial of ranibizumab in nAMD. Analyses included ranibizumab-treated eyes with baseline multimodal imaging data; baseline MNV; subretinal and/or intraretinal fluid at screening, baseline, or week 1; and spectral-domain optical coherence tomography images through month 24 (n = 700). Mean best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) over time and mean BCVA change at months 12 and 24 were compared between eyes with type 1, type 2/mixed type 1 and 2 (type 2/M), and any type 3 MNV at baseline. Results At baseline, 263 (37.6%), 287 (41.0%), and 150 (21.4%) eyes had type 1, type 2/M, and any type 3 lesions, respectively. Type 1 eyes had the best mean BCVA at baseline (59.0 [95% CI: 57.7–60.3] letters) and month 24 (67.7 [65.8–69.6] letters), whereas type 2/M eyes had the worst (50.0 [48.6–51.4] letters and 60.8 [58.7–62.9] letters, respectively). Mean BCVA gains at month 24 were most pronounced for type 2/M eyes (10.8 [8.9–12.7] letters) and similar for type 1 (8.7 [6.9–10.5] letters) and any type 3 eyes (8.3 [6.3–10.3] letters). Conclusion Differences in BCVA outcomes between CONAN lesion type subgroups support the use of an anatomic classification system to characterize MNV and prognosticate visual responses to anti-vascular endothelial growth factor therapy for nAMD. Trial registration ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00891735. Date of registration: April 29, 2009.
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- K Bailey Freund
- Vitreous Retina Macula Consultants of New York, New York, NY, USA. .,Department of Ophthalmology, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
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- Department of Biomedical and Clinical Science Luigi Sacco, Luigi Sacco Hospital, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- East Bay Retina Consultants, Inc., Oakland, CA, USA.,Department of Ophthalmology, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.,University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Biomedical and Clinical Science Luigi Sacco, Luigi Sacco Hospital, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, CA, USA
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Jung JJ, Chang JS, Oellers PR, Ali MH, Do BK, Tseng JJ, Roizenblatt R, Muni RH, Weng CY, Oakey ZB, Tsao SW, Rofagha S, Chan X, Hoang QV. Impact of COVID-19 Restrictions on Retinal Detachment: A Multicenter Experience. Ophthalmol Retina 2022; 6:638-641. [PMID: 35144021 PMCID: PMC8820022 DOI: 10.1016/j.oret.2022.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2022] [Revised: 02/01/2022] [Accepted: 02/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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In this retrospective, multicenter study of 261 eyes (259 patients), patients who underwent rhegmatogenous retinal detachment repair during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) post-lockdown period experienced an additional 22-day delay, leading to significantly more epiretinal membrane and proliferative vitreoretinopathy and lower single-surgery anatomic success rates. During lockdown, perfluoropropane gas was used more commonly, and pneumatic retinopexy was used more commonly in COVID-19–positive patients.
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- Jesse J Jung
- East Bay Retina Consultants, Inc, Oakland, California; Department of Ophthalmology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California.
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin
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- Retina Group of Washington, Fairfax, Virginia
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- Retina Associates of New York, New York, New York; Department of Ophthalmology, State University of New York, Downstate Health Sciences University, New York, New York
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- Cullen Eye Institute, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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- Medical Consultants of Southern California, Rancho Cucamonga, California
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Southern California Permanente Medical Group, Irvine, California
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- East Bay Retina Consultants, Inc, Oakland, California; Department of Ophthalmology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California
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- Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore National Eye Centre, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore
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- Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore National Eye Centre, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore; Department of Ophthalmology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore; Department of Ophthalmology, Edward S. Harkness Eye Institute, Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York
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Response to the Letter to the Editor regarding “Bacillary layer detachment due to macular neovascularization” and identification of the distinct differences between bacillary layer detachment associated with Type 2 subretinal macular neovascularization (MNV) and subretinal hemorrhage versus bridge arch-shaped serous retinal detachment associated with Type 2 MNV and subretinal fibrosis.
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- Yu Qiang Soh
- Department of Ophthalmology, Christchurch Hospital,
Canterbury District Health Board, Christchurch, New Zealand
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- Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore National Eye
Centre, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore
- Department of Ophthalmology, Yong Loo Lin School of
Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
- Department of Ophthalmology, Edward S. Harkness Eye
Institute, Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons, NY, USA
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- Vitreous Retina Macula Consultants of New York, New York,
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- Department of Ophthalmology, NYU Robert I. Grossman School
of Medicine, New York, NY
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- East Bay Retina Consultants, Inc., Oakland, CA, USA
- Department of Ophthalmology, University of California, San
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- Yu Qiang Soh
- Department of Ophthalmology, Christchurch Hospital, Canterbury District Health Board, Christchurch, New Zealand
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- Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore National Eye Centre, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore
- Department of Ophthalmology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
- Department of Ophthalmology, Edward S. Harkness Eye Institute, Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York
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- East Bay Retina Consultants, Inc, Oakland, California
- Department of Ophthalmology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California
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Jung JJ, Yu DJG, Ito K, Rofagha S, Lee SS, Hoang QV. Quantitative Assessment of Asymmetric Choroidal Outflow in Pachychoroid Eyes on Ultra-Widefield Indocyanine Green Angiography. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2021; 61:50. [PMID: 32735325 PMCID: PMC7425745 DOI: 10.1167/iovs.61.8.50] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Purpose To quantitatively demonstrate asymmetric choroidal outflow in pachychoroid (central serous chorioretinopathy [CSC]/pachychoroid pigment epitheliopathy [PPE]) eyes using mid-phase, ultra-widefield indocyanine green angiography (UWF ICGA) images. Methods Eyes with a clinical diagnosis of CSC/PPE were imaged with multimodal imaging including UWF ICGA (Optos California). Quadrant brightness was measured by manually segmenting based on vortex vein location, calculating the brightness “max-min” value to assess nonuniformity between quadrants, and comparing between CSC/PPE and control eyes. A multivariate linear regression was performed to determine, across individual eyes, which specific quadrants have the greatest brightness in pachychoroid eyes, after taking into account patient-eye-specific variability. Results Thirty-three eyes (18 patients) with CSC/PPE along with 16 eyes of 9 controls had a mean age of 51.94 ± 9.72 vs. 53.78 ± 17.92 years (P = 0.731), respectively. Max-min analysis showed significantly increased likelihood of nonuniform drainage between vortex veins in both CSC/PPE and control eyes. Multivariate linear regression in control eyes showed that on average, the inferotemporal quadrant was significantly brighter than the superonasal quadrant (9.72 units, P < 0.001). Among CSC/PPE eyes, adjusting for the preferential, nonuniform drainage in control eyes, the inferonasal and inferotemporal quadrants in CSC/PPE eyes remained significantly brighter than the reference quadrant by 5.36 units (P = 0.034) and 7.51 units (P = 0.008), respectively. Conclusions Asymmetric choroidal venous outflow occurs in both control and CSC/PPE eyes based on UWF ICGA quantitative brightness levels in each quadrant. Increased brightness levels along inferior quadrants in mid-phase ICGA images suggest venous outflow congestion among eyes with CSC or PPE.
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Jung JJ, Soh YQ, Sha P, Yu S, Durbin MK, Hoang QV. Effects of Induced Astigmatism on Spectral Domain-OCT Angiography Quantitative Metrics. Am J Ophthalmol 2020; 219:49-58. [PMID: 32681911 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2020.07.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2020] [Revised: 07/02/2020] [Accepted: 07/03/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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PURPOSE To analyze the effect of induced astigmatism on en-face spectral-domain optical coherence tomography angiography quantitative metrics. DESIGN Prospective crossover study. METHODS Normal eyes without astigmatism and with 0.75, 1.75, and 2.75 diopters (D) of with-the-rule (WTR) astigmatism were imaged using a 3 × 3-mm scan pattern SD-OCTA CIRRUS 5000 HD-OCT with AngioPlex (Carl Zeiss Meditec, Dublin, CA, USA). Quantitative parameters, including foveal avascular zone metrics, parafoveal vessel length density (VD), and perfusion density (PD) were corrected for magnification secondary to axial length and analyzed. Univariate linear regressions were performed within each eye to correlate quantitative metrics to the level of an induced astigmatic cylinder. RESULTS Fifteen eyes from 15 patients were imaged. Every 1-D increase in induced WTR astigmatism was associated with a statistically significant decrease in VD and PD within all Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study inner ring quadrants; however, especially more so nasally (VD: 0.63; P < .001; PD: 0.0089; P = .001). For every 1-D increase in induced astigmatism, the resulting decrease in the inner ring superior quadrant was 12% greater for VD and 16% greater for PD versus that in the inferior quadrant. The resulting decrease in the inner ring nasal quadrant was 40% greater for VD and 48% greater for PD versus that in the temporal quadrant. CONCLUSIONS Increasing levels of induced WTR astigmatism correlated with globally diminishing VD and PD, was more symmetrical for vertical than horizontal quadrants, and was most pronounced nasally. This may be due to a high prevalence of horizontally oriented vessels nasally and the horizontal optical defocus induced by WTR astigmatism.
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Zeng A, Strauss R, Goglin SE, Gonzales J, Pawar VK, Imes RK, Jung JJ. Cytomegalovirus Retinal Necrosis With Occlusive Vasculopathy Secondary to Steroid Immunosuppression for Giant Cell Arteritis. Journal of VitreoRetinal Diseases 2020; 4:227-232. [PMID: 37007443 PMCID: PMC9982247 DOI: 10.1177/2474126420908717] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Purpose: This case report discusses an atypical case of cytomegalovirus (CMV) retinal necrosis with panretinal occlusive vasculopathy in a 77-year-old man who was immunosuppressed following treatment for giant cell arteritis (GCA). Methods: A case report is presented. Results: Clinical examination demonstrated a central retinal artery occlusion and pale disc suspicious for arteritic ischemic optic neuropathy in the right eye. Biopsy-proven GCA prompted treatment with oral prednisone. While on glucocorticoid immunosuppression, the patient suffered vision loss in the left eye from CMV-necrotizing retinitis with occlusive vasculopathy. Treatment controlled the CMV infection but tapering of his steroids resulted in worsening GCA, requiring a steroid-sparing treatment, tocilizumab. Conclusions: Corticosteroid immunosuppression for GCA may lead to immune dysfunction allowing for an atypical occlusive vasculitis with retinal necrosis from CMV. Early identification and treatment are essential to adjust the level of immunosuppression and consider alternate therapies to control the GCA and prevent worsening of this opportunistic infection.
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- Anne Zeng
- East Bay Retina Consultants Inc, Oakland, CA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Francis I. Proctor Foundation, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
- Department of Ophthalmology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Francis I. Proctor Foundation, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Sutter Health, California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- East Bay Retina Consultants Inc, Oakland, CA, USA
- Department of Ophthalmology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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Jung JJ, Yu DJG, Zeng A, Chen MH, Shi Y, Nassisi M, Marion KM, Sadda SR, Hoang QV. Correlation of Quantitative Measurements with Diabetic Disease Severity Using Multiple En Face OCT Angiography Image Averaging. Ophthalmol Retina 2020; 4:1069-1082. [PMID: 32389888 DOI: 10.1016/j.oret.2020.04.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2020] [Revised: 04/22/2020] [Accepted: 04/30/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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PURPOSE To evaluate the effect of averaging en face OCT angiography (OCTA) images on quantitative measurements of the retinal microvasculature and their correlation to diabetic retinopathy (DR) disease severity. DESIGN Cross-sectional cohort study. PARTICIPANTS One hundred five eyes (65 patients) comprising 28 eyes from 19 healthy, aged-matched control participants, 14 eyes from 9 diabetics without DR, and 63 eyes from 37 diabetics with varying levels of DR. METHODS Spectral-domain CIRRUS 5000 (Carl Zeiss Meditec, Dublin, CA) OCTA images with no macular edema or significant motion artifact were acquired 5 times with the 3 × 3-mm scan pattern. En face images of the superficial retinal layer (SRL) and deep retinal layer were registered and averaged. Vessel length density (VLD), perfusion density (PD), and foveal avascular zone (FAZ) parameters were measured on averaged versus single OCTA images. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Univariate and multivariate linear regression correlated quantitative metrics to DR severity and best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA). RESULTS Eighty-four eyes (55 patients) met the inclusion criteria. Almost uniformly, lower VLD and PD parameters were associated significantly with worse DR severity and BCVA. Multivariate linear regression for DR severity resulted in an R2 value of 0.82 and 0.77 for single and averaged groups, respectively. No variables remained associated significantly with DR severity in multivariate analysis with single images, but in averaged images, increased superior SRL PD significantly predicted worse DR severity (coefficient, 52.7; P = 0.026). Multivariate linear regression for BCVA had an R2 value of 0.42 and 0.47 for single and averaged groups, respectively. Foveal avascular zone size was not associated with DR severity when single OCTA images (P = 0.98) were considered, but was highly associated when using averaged images (coefficient, 6.18; P < 0.001). Foveal avascular zone size was predictive for logarithm of the minimum angle of resolution BCVA with averaged images (0.21; P = 0.004), but not with single images (P = 0.31). CONCLUSIONS Averaging of en face OCTA images improves the visualization of capillaries, particularly increasing the clarity of the FAZ borders, and therefore improves the correlation of vessel density and FAZ-specific parameters to DR severity and BCVA.
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- Jesse J Jung
- East Bay Retina Consultants, Inc, Oakland, California; Department of Ophthalmology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California.
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- Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore National Eye Centre, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, Republic of Singapore
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- East Bay Retina Consultants, Inc, Oakland, California
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- Doheny Eye Institute, Los Angeles, California
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- Doheny Eye Institute, Los Angeles, California; Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Doheny Eye Institute, Los Angeles, California; Department of Ophthalmology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California
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- Singapore Eye Research Institute, Singapore National Eye Centre, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, Republic of Singapore; Department of Ophthalmology, Edward S. Harkness Eye Institute, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York
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Fung AT, Waldstein SM, Gal-Or O, Pellegrini M, Preziosa C, Shields JA, Welch RJ, Dolz-Marco R, Sarraf D, Nagiel A, Lalane R, Jung JJ, Ghazi NG, Ramtohul P, Arnold JJ, Sakurada Y, Choudhry N, Balaratnasingam C, Freund KB, Shields CL. Focal Scleral Nodule: A New Name for Solitary Idiopathic Choroiditis and Unifocal Helioid Choroiditis. Ophthalmology 2020; 127:1567-1577. [PMID: 32507351 DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2020.04.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2020] [Revised: 04/09/2020] [Accepted: 04/15/2020] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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PURPOSE To evaluate multimodal imaging findings of solitary idiopathic choroiditis (SIC; also known as unifocal helioid choroiditis) to clarify its origin, anatomic location, and natural course. DESIGN Multicenter retrospective observational case series. PARTICIPANTS Sixty-three patients with SIC in 1 eye. METHODS Demographic and clinical data were collected. Multimodal imaging included color fundus photography, OCT (including swept-source OCT), OCT angiography (OCTA), fundus autofluorescence, fluorescein and indocyanine green angiography, and B-scan ultrasonography. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Standardized grading of imaging features. RESULTS Mean age at presentation was 56 ± 15 years (range, 12-83 years). Mean follow-up duration in 39 patients was 39 ± 55 months (range, 1 month-25 years). The lesions measured a mean of 2.4 × 2.1 mm in basal diameter, were located inferior (64%) or nasal to the optic disc, and appeared yellow (53%). No systemic associations were found. The lesions all appeared as an elevated subretinal mass, with OCT demonstrating all lesions to be confined to the sclera, not the choroid. On OCT, the deep lesion margin was visible in 12 eyes with a mean lesion thickness of 0.6 mm. Overlying choroidal thinning or absence was seen in 95% (mean choroidal thickness, 28 ± 35 μm). Mild subretinal fluid was observed overlying the lesions in 9 patients (14%). Retinal pigment epithelial disruption and overlying retinal thinning was observed in 56% and 57%, respectively. OCT angiography was performed in 13 eyes and demonstrated associated choroidal and lesional flow voids. Four lesions (6%) were identified at the macula, leading to visual loss in 1 patient. One lesion demonstrated growth and another lesion showed spontaneous resolution. CONCLUSIONS In this largest series to date, multimodal imaging of SIC demonstrated a scleral location in all patients. The yellow and white clinical appearance may be related to scleral unmasking resulting from atrophy of overlying tissues. Additional associated features included documentation of deep margin on swept-source OCT, trace subretinal fluid in a few patients, and OCTA evidence of lesional flow voids. Because of the scleral location of this lesion in every patient, a new name, focal scleral nodule, is proposed.
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- Adrian T Fung
- Westmead and Central (Save Sight Institute) Clinical Schools, Discipline of Clinical Ophthalmology and Eye Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia; Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
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- Westmead and Central (Save Sight Institute) Clinical Schools, Discipline of Clinical Ophthalmology and Eye Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia; Department of Ophthalmology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
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- Vitreous Retina Macula Consultants of New York, New York, New York; Department of Ophthalmology, NYU School of Medicine, New York, New York; Rabin Medical Center, Petach Tikva, Israel
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- Eye Clinic, Department of Biomedical and Clinical Science "Luigi Sacco", Luigi Sacco Hospital, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Eye Clinic, Department of Biomedical and Clinical Science "Luigi Sacco", Luigi Sacco Hospital, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Ocular Oncology Service, Wills Eye Hospital, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Ocular Oncology Service, Wills Eye Hospital, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Vitreous Retina Macula Consultants of New York, New York, New York; Department of Ophthalmology, NYU School of Medicine, New York, New York; Unit of Macula, Oftalvist Clinic, Valencia, Spain
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- Stein Eye Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; Greater Los Angeles VA Healthcare Center, Los Angeles, California
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- Stein Eye Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; Greater Los Angeles VA Healthcare Center, Los Angeles, California
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- Stein Eye Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; Greater Los Angeles VA Healthcare Center, Los Angeles, California
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- East Bay Retina Consultants, Inc., Oakland, California; Department of Ophthalmology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Gilbert and Rose-Marie Chagoury School of Medicine, The Lebanese American University and the Lebanese American University Medical Center-Rizk Hospital, Beirut, Lebanon
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- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de l'Hôpital Nord, Marseille, France
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- Vitreous Retina Macula Consultants of New York, New York, New York; Department of Ophthalmology, NYU School of Medicine, New York, New York; Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Yamanashi, Yamanashi, Japan
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- Vitreous Retina Macula Specialists of Toronto, Etobicoke, Canada
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- Lions Eye Institute, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia; Department of Ophthalmology, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth, Australia
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- Vitreous Retina Macula Consultants of New York, New York, New York; Department of Ophthalmology, NYU School of Medicine, New York, New York
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- Ocular Oncology Service, Wills Eye Hospital, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Jung JJ, Cheng J, Pan JY, Brinton DA, Hoang QV. Anatomic, Visual, and Financial Outcomes for Traditional and Nontraditional Primary Pneumatic Retinopexy for Retinal Detachment. Am J Ophthalmol 2019; 200:187-200. [PMID: 30684455 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2019.01.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2018] [Revised: 01/11/2019] [Accepted: 01/13/2019] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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PURPOSE To determine factors predictive of anatomic, visual, and financial outcomes after traditional and nontraditional primary pneumatic retinopexy (PR) for rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RD). DESIGN Retrospective interventional case series and cost comparison. METHODS Participants: Total of 178 eyes (156 patients) with PR-repaired primary RD by a single surgeon at a clinical practice from January 2001 to December 2013 and followed for ≥1 year. The cohort had 2 subgroups: traditional (TPR) and nontraditional (NTPR) PR. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Characteristics associated with best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) and anatomic outcomes. Cost analysis and potential cost savings comparing PR to scleral buckle and vitrectomy. RESULTS One hundred thirty-one of 178 eyes (73.5%) were successfully treated at 1 year (postoperative year 1): 72.8% (75/103) in TPR and 74.6% (56/75) in NTPR. Macula-off detachment (-0.44 logMAR, P < .001) and clock hours of RD (-0.84 logMAR, P < .001) correlated with improved BCVA; pseudophakia (0.26 logMAR, P = .002) and inferior retinal tears (0.62 logMAR, P = .009) correlated with worsening BCVA. Pseudophakia (-0.15, P = .03), inferior quadrant RD (-0.27, P < .001), and proliferative vitreoretinopathy (-0.68, P < .001) correlated with anatomic failure. Total average cost for TPR and NTPR was $1248.37 ± $882.11 and $1471.91 ± $942.84, respectively (P = .10). PR had a potential cost savings of 62% and 60.8% when compared to scleral buckle and vitrectomy, respectively. CONCLUSIONS PR results in successful anatomic and visual outcomes in both TPR and NTPR repair of primary RD. Preoperative pseudophakia is associated with worse visual outcomes and less anatomic success. The cost of primary PR and subsequent procedures to achieve final anatomic success was not significantly different between TPR and NTPR, and supports the possible cost-effectiveness of expanded indications for PR.
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Jung JJ, Chen MH, Frambach CR, Rofagha S, Lee SS. SPECTRAL DOMAIN VERSUS SWEPT SOURCE OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY ANGIOGRAPHY OF THE RETINAL CAPILLARY PLEXUSES IN SICKLE CELL MACULOPATHY. Retin Cases Brief Rep 2018; 12:87-92. [PMID: 27749746 DOI: 10.1097/icb.0000000000000448] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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PURPOSE To compare the spectral domain and swept source optical coherence tomography angiography findings in two cases of sickle cell maculopathy. METHODS A 53-year-old man and a 24-year-old man both with sickle cell disease (hemoglobin SS) presented with no visual complaints; Humphrey visual field testing demonstrated asymptomatic paracentral scotomas that extended nasally in the involved eyes. Clinical examination and multimodal imaging including spectral domain and swept source optical coherence tomography, and spectral domain optical coherence tomography angiography and swept source optical coherence tomography angiography (Carl Zeiss Meditec Inc, Dublin, CA) were performed. RESULTS Fundus examination of both patients revealed subtle thinning of the macula. En-face swept source optical coherence tomography confirmed the extent of the thinning correlating with the functional paracentral scotomas on Humphrey visual field. Swept source optical coherence tomography B-scan revealed multiple confluent areas of inner nuclear thinning and significant temporal retinal atrophy. En-face 6 × 6-mm spectral domain optical coherence tomography angiography of the macula demonstrated greater loss of the deep capillary plexus compared with the superficial capillary plexus. Swept source optical coherence tomography angiography 12 × 12-mm imaging captured the same macular findings and loss of both plexuses temporally outside the macula. CONCLUSION In these two cases of sickle cell maculopathy, deep capillary plexus ischemia is more extensive within the macula, whereas both the superficial capillary plexus and deep capillary plexus are involved outside the macula likely due to the greater oxygen demands and watershed nature of these areas. Swept source optical coherence tomography angiography clearly demonstrates the angiographic extent of the disease correlating with the Humphrey visual field scotomas and confluent areas of inner nuclear atrophy.
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- Jesse J Jung
- East Bay Retina Consultants Inc, Oakland, California
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- East Bay Retina Consultants Inc, Oakland, California
- Department of Ophthalmology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California
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- East Bay Retina Consultants Inc, Oakland, California
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Inoue M, Jung JJ, Balaratnasingam C, Dansingani KK, Dhrami-Gavazi E, Suzuki M, de Carlo TE, Shahlaee A, Klufas MA, El Maftouhi A, Duker JS, Ho AC, Maftouhi MQE, Sarraf D, Freund KB. A Comparison Between Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography and Fluorescein Angiography for the Imaging of Type 1 Neovascularization. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2017; 57:OCT314-23. [PMID: 27409488 DOI: 10.1167/iovs.15-18900] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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PURPOSE To determine the sensitivity of the combination of optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) and structural optical coherence tomography (OCT) for detecting type 1 neovascularization (NV) and to determine significant factors that preclude visualization of type 1 NV using OCTA. METHODS Multicenter, retrospective cohort study of 115 eyes from 100 patients with type 1 NV. A retrospective review of fluorescein (FA), OCT, and OCTA imaging was performed on a consecutive series of eyes with type 1 NV from five institutions. Unmasked graders utilized FA and structural OCT data to determine the diagnosis of type 1 NV. Masked graders evaluated FA data alone, en face OCTA data alone and combined en face OCTA and structural OCT data to determine the presence of type 1 NV. Sensitivity analyses were performed using combined FA and OCT data as the reference standard. RESULTS A total of 105 eyes were diagnosed with type 1 NV using the reference. Of these, 90 (85.7%) could be detected using en face OCTA and structural OCT. The sensitivities of FA data alone and en face OCTA data alone for visualizing type 1 NV were the same (66.7%). Significant factors that precluded visualization of NV using en face OCTA included the height of pigment epithelial detachment, low signal strength, and treatment-naïve disease (P < 0.05, respectively). CONCLUSIONS En face OCTA and structural OCT showed better detection of type 1 NV than either FA alone or en face OCTA alone. Combining en face OCTA and structural OCT information may therefore be a useful way to noninvasively diagnose and monitor the treatment of type 1 NV.
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- Maiko Inoue
- Vitreous Retina Macula Consultants of New York, New York, New York, United States 2The LuEsther T. Mertz Retinal Research Center, Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital, New York, New York, United States 3Yokohama City University Medical Center, Yokohama
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- Vitreous Retina Macula Consultants of New York, New York, New York, United States 2The LuEsther T. Mertz Retinal Research Center, Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital, New York, New York, United States 4Edward S. Harkness Eye Institute, Columbia Univers
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- Vitreous Retina Macula Consultants of New York, New York, New York, United States 2The LuEsther T. Mertz Retinal Research Center, Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital, New York, New York, United States
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- Vitreous Retina Macula Consultants of New York, New York, New York, United States 2The LuEsther T. Mertz Retinal Research Center, Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital, New York, New York, United States
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- Vitreous Retina Macula Consultants of New York, New York, New York, United States 2The LuEsther T. Mertz Retinal Research Center, Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital, New York, New York, United States 4Edward S. Harkness Eye Institute, Columbia Univers
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- Vitreous Retina Macula Consultants of New York, New York, New York, United States 2The LuEsther T. Mertz Retinal Research Center, Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital, New York, New York, United States
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- New England Eye Center and Tufts Medical Center, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States 7Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massa
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- Mid Atlantic Retina, The Retina Service of Wills Eye Hospital, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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- Department of Ophthalmology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, United States 10Stein Eye Institute, Los Angeles, California, United States
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- New England Eye Center and Tufts Medical Center, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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- Mid Atlantic Retina, The Retina Service of Wills Eye Hospital, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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- Department of Ophthalmology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, United States 10Stein Eye Institute, Los Angeles, California, United States
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- Vitreous Retina Macula Consultants of New York, New York, New York, United States 2The LuEsther T. Mertz Retinal Research Center, Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital, New York, New York, United States 12Department of Ophthalmology, New York University
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Stein GE, Jung JJ, Bodine S, Trokel SL, Chang S. Vitrectomy for macular hole following Nd:YAG laser injury. Taiwan J Ophthalmol 2016; 6:195-198. [PMID: 29018741 PMCID: PMC5525626 DOI: 10.1016/j.tjo.2016.05.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2016] [Revised: 05/06/2016] [Accepted: 05/17/2016] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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The Q-switched Nd:YAG laser can cause significant ocular injury, because it can emit an invisible and powerful load of energy in a short period of time. One of these injuries is macular hole formation. We report the case of a 21-year-old woman who presented with acute floaters in her left eye after exposure to a Q-switched Nd:YAG laser. Her initial best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) in the left eye was 20/80. Examination demonstrated an acute vitreous hemorrhage, and spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) confirmed a full-thickness macular hole (FTMH). Four months after her injury, her BCVA deteriorated to 20/400, and she underwent vitrectomy, internal limiting membrane peeling, and gas injection. Three weeks following the procedure, her FTMH was closed, however, her BCVA remained 20/150. At her last office visit, 19 months after the surgery, the examination was unchanged. There are few reports of vitrectomy to close an FTMH after Nd:YAG laser exposure, and the factors that contribute to visual recovery remain unclear. The aim of this case report is to emphasize the importance of early diagnosis and surgical repair, and to review the literature and surgical outcomes of cases of Nd:YAG laser-induced macular holes. Imaging with SD-OCT was essential in evaluating the visual outcome, as it was dependent on the degree of photoreceptor and retinal pigment epithelium injury.
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- Gregory E Stein
- Department of Ophthalmology, Edward S. Harkness Eye Institute, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, USA
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- East Bay Retina Consultants, Inc., Oakland, CA, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Edward S. Harkness Eye Institute, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Edward S. Harkness Eye Institute, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, USA
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Jung JJ, Hoang QV, Arain MZY, Chang S. Aflibercept anti-vascular endothelial growth factor therapy in vitrectomized eyes with neovascular age-related macular degeneration. Acta Ophthalmol 2016; 94:e249-50. [PMID: 26401896 DOI: 10.1111/aos.12840] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Jesse J. Jung
- Department of Ophthalmology; Edward S. Harkness Eye Institute; Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons; New York NY USA
- Vitreous Retina Macula Consultants of New York; New York NY USA
- LuEsther T. Mertz Retinal Research Center; Manhattan Eye; Ear and Throat Institute; New York NY USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology; Edward S. Harkness Eye Institute; Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons; New York NY USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology; Edward S. Harkness Eye Institute; Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons; New York NY USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology; Edward S. Harkness Eye Institute; Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons; New York NY USA
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- Jesse J. Jung
- East Bay Retina Consultants Inc, Oakland, California
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- East Bay Retina Consultants Inc, Oakland, California
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Chen KC, Jung JJ, Curcio CA, Balaratnasingam C, Gallego-Pinazo R, Dolz-Marco R, Freund KB, Yannuzzi LA. Intraretinal Hyperreflective Foci in Acquired Vitelliform Lesions of the Macula: Clinical and Histologic Study. Am J Ophthalmol 2016; 164:89-98. [PMID: 26868959 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2016.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2015] [Revised: 01/10/2016] [Accepted: 02/01/2016] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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PURPOSE To describe the natural course, visual outcomes, and anatomic changes and provide histologic correlates in eyes with intraretinal hyperreflective foci associated with acquired vitelliform lesions. DESIGN Retrospective cohort study and imaging-histology correlation in a single donor eye. METHODS participants: Patients with intraretinal hyperreflective foci and acquired vitelliform lesions from 2 tertiary referral centers were evaluated from January 2002 to January 2014. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES The chronology of clinical and imaging features of retinal anatomic changes and the pattern of intraretinal hyperreflective foci migration were documented using spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (OCT). One donor eye with intraretinal hyperreflective foci was identified in a pathology archive by ex vivo OCT and was studied with high-resolution light and electron microscopic examination. RESULTS Intraretinal hyperreflective foci were associated with acquired vitelliform lesions in 25 of 254 eyes (9.8%) with a strong female preponderance (86% of patients). Focal disruptions to the ellipsoid zone and external limiting membrane overlying the acquired vitelliform lesions were observed prior to the occurrence of intraretinal hyperreflective foci in 75% of cases. Histologic evaluation showed that intraretinal hyperreflective foci represent cells of retinal pigment epithelium origin that are similar to those found in the vitelliform lesions themselves and contain lipofuscin granules, melanolipofuscin granules, and melanosomes. The occurrence of intraretinal hyperreflective foci was not a significant determinant of final visual acuity (P = .34), but development of outer retinal atrophy was (P = .003). CONCLUSIONS Intraretinal hyperreflective foci associated with acquired vitelliform lesions are of retinal pigment epithelium origin, and the natural course and functional changes are described.
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Jung JJ, Chen MH, Sorenson AL, Rofagha S. Swept-Source Optical Coherence Tomography and OCT Angiography of Minocycline-Induced Retinal and Systemic Hyperpigmentation. Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging Retina 2016; 47:356-61. [DOI: 10.3928/23258160-20160324-09] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2015] [Accepted: 02/24/2016] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Jung JJ, Chae B, Tan ACS, Patel SN, Freund KB. Author Response: Use of Clopidogrel and Poor Visual Outcome. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2015; 56:7052. [PMID: 26529039 DOI: 10.1167/iovs.15-18289] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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- Jesse J Jung
- East Bay Retina Consultants Inc., Oakland, California, United States
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- Department of Ophthalmology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States
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- Vitreous Retina Macula Consultants of New York, New York, New York, United States; 4LuEsther T. Mertz Retinal Research Center, Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital, New York, New York, United States; 5Singapore National Eye Centre/ Singapore Eye Researc
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- Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, United States
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- Department of Ophthalmology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States; 3Vitreous Retina Macula Consultants of New York, New York, New York, United States; 4LuEsther T. Mertz Retinal Research Center, Manhattan Eye, Ear and
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Chae B, Jung JJ, Mrejen S, Gallego-Pinazo R, Yannuzzi NA, Patel SN, Chen CY, Marsiglia M, Boddu S, Freund KB. Baseline Predictors for Good Versus Poor Visual Outcomes in the Treatment of Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration With Intravitreal Anti-VEGF Therapy. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015; 56:5040-7. [DOI: 10.1167/iovs.15-16494] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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- Bora Chae
- Department of Ophthalmology New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States 2Vitreous Retina Macula Consultants of New York, New York, New York, United States
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- Department of Ophthalmology New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States 2Vitreous Retina Macula Consultants of New York, New York, New York, United States 3LuEsther T. Mertz Retinal Research Center, Manhattan Eye, Ear and Thr
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- Vitreous Retina Macula Consultants of New York, New York, New York, United States 3LuEsther T. Mertz Retinal Research Center, Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital, New York, New York, United States
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- Vitreous Retina Macula Consultants of New York, New York, New York, United States 3LuEsther T. Mertz Retinal Research Center, Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital, New York, New York, United States 5Department of Ophthalmology, University and Polytechni
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- Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, United States
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- Vitreous Retina Macula Consultants of New York, New York, New York, United States 3LuEsther T. Mertz Retinal Research Center, Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital, New York, New York, United States 7Department of Surgery, Monash University, Melbourne, A
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- Vitreous Retina Macula Consultants of New York, New York, New York, United States 3LuEsther T. Mertz Retinal Research Center, Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital, New York, New York, United States 4Edward S. Harkness Eye Institute, Columbia University
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- Department of Ophthalmology New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States
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- Department of Ophthalmology New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States 2Vitreous Retina Macula Consultants of New York, New York, New York, United States 3LuEsther T. Mertz Retinal Research Center, Manhattan Eye, Ear and Thr
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Mrejen S, Jung JJ, Chen C, Patel SN, Gallego-Pinazo R, Yannuzzi N, Xu L, Marsiglia M, Boddu S, Freund KB. Long-Term Visual Outcomes for a Treat and Extend Anti-Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Regimen in Eyes with Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration. J Clin Med 2015; 4:1380-402. [PMID: 26239682 PMCID: PMC4519796 DOI: 10.3390/jcm4071380] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2015] [Revised: 06/22/2015] [Accepted: 06/26/2015] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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With the advent of anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) therapy, clinicians are now focused on various treatment strategies to better control neovascular age-related macular degeneration (NVAMD), a leading cause of irreversible blindness. Herein, we retrospectively reviewed consecutive patients with treatment-naïve NVAMD initially classified based on fluorescein angiography (FA) alone or with an anatomic classification utilizing both FA and optical coherence tomography (OCT) and correlated long-term visual outcomes of these patients treated with an anti-VEGF Treat-and-Extend Regimen (TER) with baseline characteristics including neovascular phenotype. Overall, 185 patients (210 eyes) were followed over an average of 3.5 years (range 1-6.6) with a retention rate of 62.9%, and visual acuity significantly improved with a TER that required a mean number of 8.3 (±1.6) (± standard deviation) intravitreal anti-VEGF injections/year (range 4-13). The number of injections and the anatomic classification were independent predictors of visual acuity at 6 months, 1, 2, 3 and 4 years. Patients with Type 1 neovascularization had better visual outcomes and received more injections than the other neovascular subtypes. There were no serious adverse events. A TER provided sustained long-term visual gains. Eyes with Type 1 neovascularization had better visual outcomes than those with other neovascular subtypes.
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- Sarah Mrejen
- Vitreous, Retina, Macula Consultants of New York, New York, NY 10022, USA; E-Mails: (S.M.); (J.J.J.); (M.M.)
- LuEsther T. Mertz Retinal Research Center, Manhattan Eye, Ear, and Throat Hospital, New York, NY 10065, USA
- Quinze-Vingts Hospital, DHU ViewMaintain, INSERM-DHOS CIC 1423, 75012 Paris, France
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- Vitreous, Retina, Macula Consultants of New York, New York, NY 10022, USA; E-Mails: (S.M.); (J.J.J.); (M.M.)
- LuEsther T. Mertz Retinal Research Center, Manhattan Eye, Ear, and Throat Hospital, New York, NY 10065, USA
- Department of Ophthalmology, New York University School of medicine, New York, NY 10016 USA; E-Mail:
- Edward S. Harkness Eye Institute Columbia, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC 3800, Australia; E-Mail:
- Center for Eye Research Australia, University of Melbourne, East Melbourne, VIC 3002, Australia
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- Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY 10065, USA; E-Mails: (S.N.P.); (N.Y.)
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- Department of Ophthalmology, University and Polytechnic Hospital La Fe, 46026 Valencia, Spain; E-Mail:
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- Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY 10065, USA; E-Mails: (S.N.P.); (N.Y.)
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- The New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, New York, NY 10003, USA; E-Mail:
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- Vitreous, Retina, Macula Consultants of New York, New York, NY 10022, USA; E-Mails: (S.M.); (J.J.J.); (M.M.)
- LuEsther T. Mertz Retinal Research Center, Manhattan Eye, Ear, and Throat Hospital, New York, NY 10065, USA
- Edward S. Harkness Eye Institute Columbia, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology, New York University School of medicine, New York, NY 10016 USA; E-Mail:
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- Vitreous, Retina, Macula Consultants of New York, New York, NY 10022, USA; E-Mails: (S.M.); (J.J.J.); (M.M.)
- LuEsther T. Mertz Retinal Research Center, Manhattan Eye, Ear, and Throat Hospital, New York, NY 10065, USA
- Department of Ophthalmology, New York University School of medicine, New York, NY 10016 USA; E-Mail:
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Dolz-Marco R, Gallego-Pinazo R, Jung JJ, Freund KB, Díaz-Llopis M. Sequential multimodal imaging findings in a case of primary vitreoretinal lymphoma. Retin Cases Brief Rep 2015; 8:314-7. [PMID: 25372536 DOI: 10.1097/icb.0000000000000053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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PURPOSE To report the utility of multimodal imaging including color photography, fundus autofluorescence (FAF), and spectral domain optical coherence tomography in a case of primary vitreoretinal lymphoma. METHODS Color photographs, FAF, and the spectral domain optical coherence tomography images were performed at baseline and through 12 months of follow-up. RESULTS At baseline and follow-up visits, spectral domain optical coherence tomography and FAF were more sensitive than color photography in showing the extent of disease. With treatment, spectral domain optical coherence tomography showed resolution of subretinal hyperreflective material while FAF imaging showed a reduction in hyperreflective dots, which were present at baseline. CONCLUSION Spectral domain optical coherence tomography and FAF were more sensitive than color photographs in showing the disease extent and response to treatment. These imaging techniques may supplement other metrics used to monitor the patients with primary vitreoretinal lymphoma.
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- Rosa Dolz-Marco
- *Department of Ophthalmology, University and Polytechnic Hospital La Fe, Valencia, Spain; †Vitreous Retina Macula Consultants of New York, New York, New York; ‡Department of Ophthalmology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York; and §Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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Chen KC, Jung JJ, Engelbert M. Swept source optical coherence tomography of the posterior vitreous after pars plana vitrectomy. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 2015; 253:2041-3. [PMID: 25904299 DOI: 10.1007/s00417-015-3018-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2015] [Accepted: 04/07/2015] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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- Kevin C Chen
- Department of Ophthalmology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA.,Department of Ophthalmology, Edward S. Harkness Eye Institute, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, USA.,Vitreous Retina Macular Consultants of New York, 460 Park Avenue, Fifth Floor, New York, NY, 10022, USA.,LuEsther T. Mertz Retinal Research Center, Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Institute, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA. .,Department of Ophthalmology, Edward S. Harkness Eye Institute, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, USA. .,Vitreous Retina Macular Consultants of New York, 460 Park Avenue, Fifth Floor, New York, NY, 10022, USA. .,LuEsther T. Mertz Retinal Research Center, Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Institute, New York, NY, USA.
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Sebrow DB, Jung JJ, Dagi Glass LR, Horowitz J, Chang S. Long-term follow-up of astrocytic hamartoma of the optic disc associated with gyrate atrophy. Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging Retina 2015; 46:387-90. [PMID: 25856828 DOI: 10.3928/23258160-20150323-17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2014] [Accepted: 10/28/2014] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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This is a case report of a 15-year-old boy with multiple small peripapillary white growths in the right eye in the setting of gyrate atrophy. Over 3 years of follow-up, these lesions became more clearly delineated as astrocytic hamartomas of the retina and optic disc. In the setting of gyrate atrophy, astrocytic hamartomas are extremely rare. This report represents the second published case and includes characterization of these tumors using spectral-domain optical coherence tomography.
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Jung JJ, Chen CY, Mrejen S, Gallego-Pinazo R, Xu L, Marsiglia M, Boddu S, Freund KB. The incidence of neovascular subtypes in newly diagnosed neovascular age-related macular degeneration. Am J Ophthalmol 2014; 158:769-779.e2. [PMID: 25034111 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2014.07.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 131] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2014] [Revised: 07/06/2014] [Accepted: 07/08/2014] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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PURPOSE To determine the frequency of neovascularization subtypes as determined by fluorescein angiography (FA) alone vs FA and optical coherence tomography (OCT) grading in age-related macular degeneration (AMD). DESIGN Retrospective cohort. METHODS participants: Newly diagnosed neovascular AMD patients who initiated intravitreal anti-vascular endothelial growth factor therapy by 1 physician from October 1, 2005 to December 1, 2012. interventions: Two independent graders classified the baseline lesions using FA alone and FA+OCT. main outcome measures: Analysis of the frequency of lesion subtypes by FA alone or FA+OCT and agreement between both classification systems was performed. RESULTS A total of 232 patients (266 eyes) fit the inclusion criteria. Mean age was 86.3 years; 67.7% of eyes (180/266) were from female patients, and 95.5% (254/266) were from white patients. The distribution using FA alone was 49.6% (132/266), 12.0% (32/266), 28.6% (76/266), and 9.8% (26/266) among occult, classic, retinal angiomatous proliferation, and mixed choroidal neovascularization, respectively. With FA+OCT, 39.9% (106/266), 9.0% (24/266), 34.2% (91/266), and 16.9% (45/266) were type 1 (sub-retinal pigment epithelium), type 2 (subretinal), type 3 (intraretinal), and mixed neovascularization (NV), respectively. The κ statistic was 0.65 (standard error ±0.37, P < .001) between the 2 classification systems, representing good agreement. CONCLUSION With both FA-alone and FA+OCT grading, we found a higher incidence of type 3 NV in eyes with newly diagnosed neovascular AMD than that reported in prior studies. The κ statistic between the 2 classification systems showed "good" agreement. The discrepancies are likely attributable to the identification of a higher frequency of type 3 and mixed NV and a lower frequency of type 1 NV with the aid of OCT.
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- Jesse J Jung
- Department of Ophthalmology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York; Vitreous Retina Macula Consultants of New York, New York, New York; LuEsther T. Mertz Retinal Research Center, Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital, New York, New York; Edward S. Harkness Eye Institute, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York
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- Vitreous Retina Macula Consultants of New York, New York, New York; LuEsther T. Mertz Retinal Research Center, Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital, New York, New York; Department of Surgery, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia; Centre for Eye Research Australia, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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- Vitreous Retina Macula Consultants of New York, New York, New York; LuEsther T. Mertz Retinal Research Center, Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital, New York, New York
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- Vitreous Retina Macula Consultants of New York, New York, New York; Department of Ophthalmology, University and Polytechnic Hospital La Fe, Valencia, Spain
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- The New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, New York, New York
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- Vitreous Retina Macula Consultants of New York, New York, New York; LuEsther T. Mertz Retinal Research Center, Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital, New York, New York; Edward S. Harkness Eye Institute, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York
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- Department of Ophthalmology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York
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- Department of Ophthalmology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York; Vitreous Retina Macula Consultants of New York, New York, New York; LuEsther T. Mertz Retinal Research Center, Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital, New York, New York; Edward S. Harkness Eye Institute, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York.
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Jung JJ, Freund KB. Long-term follow-up of outer retinal tubulation documented by eye-tracked and en face spectral-domain optical coherence tomography. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014; 130:1618-9. [PMID: 23229712 DOI: 10.1001/archophthalmol.2012.1902] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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Jung JJ, Mrejen S, Freund KB, Yannuzzi LA. Idiopathic multifocal choroiditis with peripapillary zonal inflammation: a multimodal imaging analysis. Retin Cases Brief Rep 2014; 8:141-144. [PMID: 25372332 DOI: 10.1097/icb.0000000000000026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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PURPOSE To report a case of idiopathic multifocal choroiditis with transient peripapillary zonal inflammation that was followed with multimodal imaging and explain the mechanism by which chorioretinal atrophy may occur. METHODS Observational case report. Review of the clinical examination, ocular imaging, and progression of idiopathic multifocal choroiditis. RESULTS A 30-year-old white myopic man presented with complaints of worsening vision and a loss of visual field for 1 month in his left eye. Using multimodal imaging, including wide-field imaging with fluorescein angiography, fundus autofluorescence, and high-definition spectral-domain optical coherence tomography, he was found to have a macula involving peripapillary zonal inflammation consistent with acute idiopathic multifocal choroiditis involving the outer photoreceptor layer, ellipsoid layer, retinal pigment epithelium, and choroid. This area of inflammation was monitored with multimodal imaging over 7 months and slowly improved along with the patient's vision. Imaging allowed us to view the development of chorioretinal scars from several, but not all, acute inflammatory white spots. CONCLUSION Multifocal choroiditis is an inflammatory disorder affecting the outer photoreceptors, ellipsoid layer, retinal pigment epithelium, and choroid; and areas of acute inflammation may improve over time but can also leave permanent chorioretinal atrophy including focal lesions or peripapillary zonal atrophy.
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- Jesse J Jung
- *Department of Ophthalmology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York; †Vitreous Retina Macula Consultants of New York, New York, New York; ‡LuEsther T. Mertz Retinal Research Center, Manhattan Eye, Ear, and Throat Hospital, New York, New York; and §Department of Ophthalmology, Edward S. Harkness Eye Institute, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York
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Jung JJ, Gallego-Pinazo1 R, Lleó-Pérez A, Huz JI, Barbazetto IA. NAVILAS Laser System Focal Laser Treatment for Diabetic Macular Edema - One Year Results of a Case Series. Open Ophthalmol J 2013; 7:48-53. [PMID: 24082979 PMCID: PMC3785058 DOI: 10.2174/1874364101307010048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2013] [Revised: 07/08/2013] [Accepted: 07/22/2013] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Purpose: To report one year outcomes of focal Navigated Retina Laser Therapy (NAVILAS) for diabetic macular edema (DME). Methods: Retrospective cohort series of 7 diabetic patients treated with NAVILAS focal laser. Statistical analysis included descriptive and continuous variables (Best-corrected logMAR Visual Acuity and time-domain optical coherence tomography (OCT) parameters) which were compared using a non-parametric procedure, the Friedman tests for repeated measures. A p-value of less than 0.05 was considered to denote statistical significance. Results: diabetic patients (4 male; 3 female) with an average age of 60.8 years (range 48-85 years) were included. All treated eyes were phakic; patients had an average hemoglobin A1C of 9.1 (range 7.8-11.7) at baseline and 8.0 (range 7.4-8.4) at 12 months. Six of the 7 patients had intravitreal bevacizumab injections prior to focal laser treatment with 1 patient having had more than 1 prior injection (total 3). At 12 months, median logMAR improved from 0.695 (± interquartile range 0.574) to 0.477 (± 0.573, p <0.001). OCT median central foveal thickness decreased from 248 (± 112) to 220 µm (± 41, p <0.001); total macular volume decreased from 7.84 (± 0.8) to 7.44 mm3 (± 0.7, p = 0.117); and largest macular subfield thickness decreased from 354 (± 116) to 289 µm (± 42, p <0.001). All patients were treated without complications. Conclusions: Focal NAVILAS showed to be safe and effective in treating DME with improvement in visual acuity and macular edema on OCT over 12 months in this case series. In clinical practice, combined treatment with focal laser including NAVILAS and anti-vascular endothelial growth factor may provide long-term improvement in DME.
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- Jesse J Jung
- Department of Ophthalmology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA ; Vitreous Retina Macular Consultants of New York, New York, NY, USA ; LuEsther T. Mertz Retinal Research Center, Manhattan Eye, Ear, and Throat Hospital, New York, NY, USA ; Edward S. Harkness Eye Institute, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, USA
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Use of cell phones in the general population has become increasingly commonplace. The distracting effects of cell phones among automobile drivers are well established, and legislation prohibits the use of handheld cell phones while driving in several states. Recent research has focused on the similar distracting effects of cell phones in the pedestrian population. In this report, an older gentleman suffered extensive facial trauma requiring surgery as a direct effect of cell phone use at the time the trauma occurred. This case highlights the role that portable electronic devices can play as a cause of ocular trauma.
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- Aimée R Edell
- Department of Ophthalmology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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Chen KC, Jung JJ, Aizman A. High definition spectral domain optical coherence tomography findings in three patients with solar retinopathy and review of the literature. Open Ophthalmol J 2012; 6:29-35. [PMID: 22798967 PMCID: PMC3394112 DOI: 10.2174/1874364101206010029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2012] [Revised: 05/29/2012] [Accepted: 05/30/2012] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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PURPOSE To describe ocular findings in 3 cases of solar retinopathy using high definition, spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) and review the literature for optical coherence tomography (OCT) characteristics associated with worse vision. METHODS Case series and retrospective review of clinical features and Spectralis SD-OCT (Heidelberg Engineering, Vista, California, United States of America). A literature review of OCT findings in cases of solar retinopathy reported on MEDLINE was also performed and analyzed. RESULTS Six eyes of 3 patients with solar retinopathy revealed significant foveal pathology. Visual acuity ranged from Snellen 20/30 to 20/50. High definition SD-OCT demonstrated defects at the level of the inner and outer segment junction of the photoreceptors as well as in the inner high reflective layer. There was a significant correlation between chronic disruption of the inner photoreceptor junction with worse vision based on the current case series and literature review. CONCLUSIONS Screening patients with exposure to central foveal damage from solar retinopathy with high definition SD-OCT improves diagnosis and assessment of photoreceptor damage and vision loss.
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- Kevin C Chen
- Department of Ophthalmology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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Olfactory groove meningiomas can present as large and insidious masses in the anterior cranial base. Due to their location and minimal clinical symptoms, these tumors can go undetected until they have grown extremely large. We present a clinical case and discuss the surgical management of a 63-year-old man who presented for an initial eye examination with bilateral visual loss for over 2 years due to a giant olfactory meningioma encompassing his entire frontal lobe and compressing on his optic nerves.
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- Jesse J Jung
- Department of Ophthalmology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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Jung JJ, Della Torre KE, Fell MR, Teng CC, Freund KB. Presumed pyogenic granuloma associated with intravitreal anti-vascular endothelial growth factor therapy. Open Ophthalmol J 2011; 5:59-62. [PMID: 22216076 PMCID: PMC3249641 DOI: 10.2174/1874364101105010059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2011] [Revised: 07/30/2011] [Accepted: 09/16/2011] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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To report a case of a presumed pyogenic granuloma at the site of multiple intravitreal anti-Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF) injections. Intravitreal anti-VEGF injections can be complicated by a localized reaction of the conjunctiva.
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- Jesse J Jung
- Department of Ophthalmology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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Hoang QV, Mendonca LS, Della Torre KE, Jung JJ, Tsuang AJ, Freund KB. Effect on intraocular pressure in patients receiving unilateral intravitreal anti-vascular endothelial growth factor injections. Ophthalmology 2011; 119:321-6. [PMID: 22054994 DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2011.08.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2011] [Revised: 08/02/2011] [Accepted: 08/03/2011] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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PURPOSE We assessed the frequency and predictive factors related to intraocular pressure (IOP) elevation in neovascular age-related macular degeneration (AMD) patients undergoing unilateral intravitreal ranibizumab and/or bevacizumab injections. DESIGN Retrospective cohort study. PARTICIPANTS Charts of 207 patients with neovascular AMD who presented to a single physician at a retinal referral practice over a 6-month period were retrospectively reviewed. METHODS Data recorded included demographic information, clinical findings, total number of bevacizumab and ranibizumab injections received and IOP at each visit. Increases above baseline IOP of >5, >10, or >15 mmHg on ≥2 consecutive visits while under treatment were noted. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES The frequency of IOP elevation was compared between treated and untreated eyes. In addition, among treated eyes, frequency and odds ratio of experiencing IOP elevation >5 mmHg above baseline on ≥2 consecutive visits was stratified by number of injections. For the main regression analysis, the outcome variable was IOP elevation >5 mmHg on ≥2 consecutive visits and the main independent variable was total number of injections. RESULTS On ≥2 consecutive visits, 11.6% of treated versus 5.3% of untreated/control eyes experienced IOP elevation of >5 mmHg. The mean number of injections was higher in those with (24.4; 95% confidence interval [CI], 20.9-28.0; range, 9-39) than without IOP elevation of >5 mmHg (20.4; 95% CI, 18.9-21.8; range, 3-48) on ≥2 consecutive visits. There was an increased odds ratio (5.75; 95% CI, 1.19-27.8; P = 0.03) of experiencing IOP elevation >5 mmHg on ≥2 consecutive visits in patients receiving ≥29 injections compared with ≤12 injections. Of the factors considered, only the total number of injections showed a statistically significant association with IOP elevation >5 mmHg above baseline on ≥2 consecutive visits in treated eyes (P = 0.05). CONCLUSIONS A greater number of intravitreal anti-vasular endothelial growth factor injections is associated with an increased risk for IOP elevation >5 mmHg on ≥2 consecutive visits in eyes with neovascular AMD receiving intravitreal ranbizumab and/or bevacizumab.
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- Quan V Hoang
- Vitreous Retina Macula Consultants of New York, New York, New York, USA
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PURPOSE To report a patient with a tumor-like corneal keloid. METHODS Retrospective review of clinical features and histopathologic findings. RESULTS A 68-year-old woman with a remote history of an orbital tumor treated with radiation developed a corneal tumor. A biopsy of the tumor showed fibrocellular tissue, and her blind painful eye was enucleated. Pathologic findings in the enucleated eye showed that the corneal mass was consistent with a large keloid. CONCLUSIONS A corneal keloid may clinically appear as a large corneal tumor.
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- Jesse J Jung
- Department of Ophthalmology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
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This study investigates whether the neurohormone melatonin can prevent the retinal neuronal injury caused by reactive oxygen species (ROS) in cultured human retinal neuronal cells. Cultures of human retinal neuronal cells established from a variety of donors were grown to 14 days and then subjected to experimental hypoxanthine/xanthine oxidase (HX/XO)-induced injury. Intracellular production of ROS by administration of HX/XO was confirmed by flow cytometry; the ROS resulted in both apoptotic and necrotic pattern of cell death in the retinal neuron cultures. The efficacy of melatonin against ROS injury was quantitated by MTT assay, enzyme immunoassay, and immunocytochemistry for neurofilament protein. The antioxidative effect of melatonin was compared with that of alpha-tocopherol. Retinal neuronal injury significantly reduced in a dose-response manner by a treatment of 1.0-8.0 mM alpha-tocopherol. Melatonin, in concentrations of more than 2.0 mM, also significantly reduced the injury. About 70% of cells are rescued by pretreatment with 1.0 mM alpha-tocopherol and 8.0 mM melatonin in the MTT assay. Our observations suggest that melatonin can rescue retinal neurons from ROS injury in human retinal cell cultures.
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- M C Lee
- Department of Pathology, Chonnam National University Medical School and Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Korea.
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Mucocele-like tumor (MLT) of the breast is a rare neoplasm. Although this lesion was considered benign when first described, the concept of a pathologic continuum with mucinous carcinoma was evident in subsequent reports. Only a few cases of MLT have been reported in Korea. We describe a case of MLT associated with ductal carcinoma in situ and mucinous carcinoma in a 34-yr-old female. Histological examination showed multiple mucus-filled cysts of varying size. Extravasated mucin was present in the surrounding stroma. The lining of the cysts in most areas were of flat or cuboidal epithelium and devoid of cellular atypia. The lining epithelium showed proliferative change ranging from atypical ductal hyperplasia to ductal carcinoma in situ, micropapillary type. A microscopic focus of mucinous carcinoma within MLT was also noted. None of the lesions exhibited epithelial reactivity for p53 protein. The patient is alive and well without evidence of disease 54 months after initial treatment. This case supports the concept that MLT encompasses a spectrum of pathologic lesions including benign tumor, atypical ductal hyperplasia, ductal carcinoma in situ, and mucinous carcinoma.
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- J S Lee
- Department of Pathology, Seonam University, College of Medicine, Namwon, Korea.
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Lee JS, Kim HS, Jung JJ, Park CS, Lee MC. Expression of vascular endothelial growth factor in renal cell carcinoma and the relation to angiogenesis and p53 protein expression. J Surg Oncol 2001; 77:55-60. [PMID: 11344484 DOI: 10.1002/jso.1066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) seems to play an important role in tumor angiogenesis. The tumor-suppressor gene p53 has been thought to regulate VEGF expression. We investigated the effect of VEGF expression on renal cell carcinoma (RCC) and the correlation between the expression of VEGF and tumor angiogenesis and p53 protein expression. METHODS Sixty-two RCCs were examined by immunohistochemical studies with anti-VEGF, anti-p53, and anti-CD34 antibodies. RESULTS Forty tumors (80.6%) were classified as VEGF positive, and 28 tumors (45.2%) were positive for p53 protein. The microvessel density was 75.3 +/- 33.5. A significant correlation was found between VEGF expression and both the nuclear grade (P < 0.05) and the TNM stage (P < 0.05). The tumors with VEGF expression had a significantly higher microvessel density than those without VEGF expression (P < 0.01). There was no statistically significant correlation between p53 protein and VEGF expression. No statistically significant differences in survival were found to be associated with microvessel density, VEGF expression or p53 protein expression. By using multivariate survival analyses, nuclear grade (P < 0.05) and TNM stage (P < 0.05) were the only independent prognostic factors. CONCLUSIONS Our data do not show a direct regulation of VEGF expression by p53. We suggest that VEGF expression plays a role in the promotion of angiogenesis in RCC.
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- J S Lee
- Department of Pathology, Seonam University, College of Medicine, Namwon, Korea.
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Lee JS, Kim HS, Jung JJ, Kim YB, Park CS, Lee MC. Correlation between angiogenesis, apoptosis and cell proliferation in invasive ductal carcinoma of the breast and their relation to tumor behavior. Anal Quant Cytol Histol 2001; 23:161-8. [PMID: 11332083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/19/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the relationship between angiogenesis, apoptosis and cell proliferation in invasive ductal carcinoma of the breast and their relation to tumor behavior. STUDY DESIGN Microvessels were immunohistochemically labeled with antibody to CD34 in sections from 82 cases of invasive ductal carcinoma. Computerized image analysis was used to evaluate microvessel density (MVD). The authors measured the apoptotic index (AI) using the terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase (TdT)-mediated dUTP nick-end labeling technique and proliferating cell nuclear antigen labeling index (PCNA LI) by PCNA immunohistochemistry on serial sections. RESULTS Statistical analysis revealed a significant inverse correlation between MVD and AI (r = -.313, P = .004) and failed to find a significant correlation between MVD and PCNA LI. There was a significant positive correlation between AI and PCNA LI (r = .393, P = .000). Significant differences in AI between high MVD (> or = 59.9%) and low MVD (< 59.9%) were seen (P < .001), with no appreciable differences in PCNA LI between the two groups. Histologic grade and stage were the only independent prognostic factors in both disease-free and overall survival. CONCLUSION Angiogenesis in breast cancer may be related to the ability of tumor cells to survive rather than to their proliferative activity. Apoptosis is related to cell proliferation in breast cancer.
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- J S Lee
- Departments of Pathology and General Surgery, Seonam University College of Medicine, Namwon
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Lee JS, Jung JJ, Kim J. Quantification of angiogenesis by a computerized image analysis system in renal cell carcinoma. Anal Quant Cytol Histol 2000; 22:469-74. [PMID: 11147301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/18/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To ascertain whether tumor angiogenesis quantitated by a computerized image analysis system correlates with clinical outcome in renal cell carcinoma. STUDY DESIGN Microvessels were immunohistochemically labeled with antibodies to CD34 in sections from 62 cases of renal cell carcinoma. Computerized image analysis was used to evaluate the mean microvessel count (MMC) and mean percentage microvessel area (MPMA). RESULTS MMC ranged from 19.3 to 315.0, while MPMA was 0.6-17.9%. There was a highly significant correlation between MMC and MPMA (r = .867, P < .01). Although MMC and MPMA decreased with increasing nuclear grade and TNM stage, this difference failed to achieve statistical significance. No statistically significant differences in survival were found for MMC or MPMA. CONCLUSION Our results indicate that computerized image analysis can evaluate accurately tumor angiogenesis, but tumor angiogenesis in renal cell carcinoma does not provide significant prognostic information in renal cell carcinoma.
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- J S Lee
- Department of Pathology and Parasitology, Seonam University, College of Medicine, Namwon, Korea
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