Comparison of macular and optic disc vessel density in thyroid orbitopathy: a comparative octa study

• Published in: International ophthalmology Vol. 44; no. 1; p. 178
• Main Authors: Yildiz, Izlem, Asik Nacaroglu, Senay, Ozturk Karabulut, Gamze, Fazil, Korhan, Altan, Cigdem
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 15.04.2024; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Angiography; Cross-Sectional Studies; Density; Eye; Fluorescein Angiography - methods; Graves Ophthalmopathy - diagnosis; Graves Ophthalmopathy - drug therapy; Humans; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Microvasculature; Ophthalmology; Optic Disk; Original Paper; Quadrants; Retina; Retinal Vessels; Statistical analysis; Steroids; Thickness; Thyroid; Thyroid gland; Tomography, Optical Coherence - methods; Graves’ ophthalmopathy; Optical coherence tomography angiography; Thyroid orbitopathy; Active thyroid orbitopathy; Inactive thyroid orbitopathy; Vascular density

Purpose To determine the microvascular and structural changes in the peripapillary and macular areas observed in patients with active thyroid orbitopathy(TO) before and after steroid treatment and compare with inactive TO and the control group by optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA). Mate...