Ultra-widefield Fundus Fluorescein Angiography in Pediatric Retinal Vascular Diseases

Overview

Journal Indian J Ophthalmol

Specialty Ophthalmology

Date 2019 May 25

PMID 31124488

Citations 11

Authors

Shreyas Temkar

Shorya V Azad

Rohan Chawla

Sourav Damodaran

Gaurav Garg

Harika Regani

Shaikh Nawazish

Nimmy Raj

Vatsalya Venkatraman

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Abstract

Purpose: To describe the utility of RetCam ultra-wide-field fundus fluorescein angiography in pediatric retinal vascular diseases.

Methods: A retrospective chart review was carried out in 43 eyes of 22 pediatric patients who were diagnosed or suspected to have a retinal vascular disease. Fluorescein angiography was carried out using the 130 degree lens of RetCam 3. Fluorescein angiography guided treatment (laser/cryotherapy) was carried out wherever required.

Results: Diseases studied included - coats disease, familial exudative vitreoretinopathy, retinopathy of prematurity, congenital retinal folds, double optic nerve head, persistent fetal vasculature and incontinentia pigmenti. RetCam assisted fluorescein angiography was helpful in establishing a diagnosis in 4 patients (18%), in decision making regarding treatment in 18 patients (82%), in deciding need for retreatment in 5 patients (23%), helped in staging of disease in 5 patients (23%) and in detecting clinically subtle findings in 6 patients (27%).

Conclusion: RetCam assisted FFA is extremely useful to document peripheral retinal vascular pathologies in pediatric patients and helps to take crucial therapeutic and retreatment decisions.

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