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Fundus autofluorescence after full macular translocation surgery for myopic choroidal neovascularization

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Abstract

Background

To investigate fundus autofluorescence (FAF) findings in patients who underwent full macular translocation surgery with 360-degree retinotomy (MT360) for myopic choroidal neovascularization (CNV).

Methods

Observational case series. Thirty-one eyes of 31 patients who underwent MT360 for myopic CNV from February 1999 through September 2005 were included. We measured the best-corrected visual acuity and obtained color fundus photographs, optical coherence tomography (OCT) images, and fluorescein angiography images. FAF imaging by confocal scanning laser ophthalmoscope was obtained postoperatively in all study eyes and preoperatively in two study participants. FAF features at the new macula were qualitatively evaluated and compared with preoperative lesions associated with CNV. The FAF features at the retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) area with preoperative CNV also were evaluated.

Results

The mean interval between MT360 and the final FAF examination was 58 months (range, 8–94 months). FAF imaging was almost normal in five eyes (16%), the increased FAF was well defined at the new macula area in 23 eyes (74%), and the FAF was decreased in three eyes (10%). Neither newly developed CNV nor subretinal fluid was seen at the new macular region in any eyes on fluorescein angiography or OCT imaging. The configurations of well-defined increased FAF in 23 eyes corresponded with the preoperative CNV in two eyes (9%) and subretinal hemorrhages in five eyes (22%). Well-defined increased FAF larger than the CNV or subretinal hemorrhage was seen in 16 eyes (69%). The RPE area located at the area of the preoperative CNV had a FAF defect or decreased FAF in 30 eyes (97%) on postoperative FAF imaging; there were no increased FAF changes.

Conclusions

Well-defined increased FAF at the new macula after MT360 suggests that FAF reflects not only fluorophores in the RPE but also in the neurosensory retina. These fluorophores may result from interactions between the retina and CNV/pathologic RPE.

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  1. Department of Ophthalmology, Osaka University Medical School, Room E7, 2–2 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan

    Miki Sawa, Fumi Gomi, Motokazu Tsujikawa, Takashi Fujikado & Yasuo Tano

  2. Department of Ophthalmology, Shiga University of Medical Science, Seta Tsukinowa-cho, Otsu, 520-2192, Japan

    Masahito Ohji

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Supported by research grant 18791276 from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Tokyo, Japan.

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Sawa, M., Gomi, F., Ohji, M. et al. Fundus autofluorescence after full macular translocation surgery for myopic choroidal neovascularization. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 246, 1087–1095 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00417-008-0835-2

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