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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Bousquet, Elodie
• Khandelwal, Neha
• Séminel, Marie
• Mehanna, Chadi
• Salah, Sawsen
• Eymard, Pauline
• Bodin Hassani, Slim
• Monnet, Dominique
• Brezin, Antoine
• Agrawal, Rupesh

Titel

Choroidal Structural Changes in Patients with Birdshot Chorioretinopathy

Ist Teil von

• Ocular immunology and inflammation, 2021-02, Vol.29 (2), p.346-351

Ort / Verlag

England: Taylor & Francis

Erscheinungsjahr

2021

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Taylor & Francis Journals Auto-Holdings Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Purpose: To assess the choroidal vascularity index (CVI) in birdshot chorioretinopathy (BSCR) patients. Methods: The CVI was calculated as the ratio of luminar area to the total subfoveal choroidal area on enhanced-depth imaging optical coherence tomography. Intraocular inflammation was defined by the presence of macular edema and/or vitritis and/or vasculitis and/or papillitis. Results: Eighty BSCR patients and 22 healthy controls were included. Foveal choroidal thickness was lower in the BSCR compared with the control group (p < 0.001). CVI was not different between the two groups. CVI was significantly higher in BSCR patients with inflammatory activity (p = 0.004). Using a multivariate linear regression model, longer disease duration was associated with lower CVI (p = 0.038), whereas the presence of papillitis was associated with a higher CVI (p = 0.003). Conclusions: The CVI was not different between the BSCR and the control group. However, the CVI may be used as a new tool for monitoring inflammatory activity in BSCR.