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PurposeTo quantify the additional information provided by ultra-widefield fluorescein angiography, compared with 7-field standard imaging, in patients with retinal vasculitis (RV).Patients and methodsRetrospective case series of 106 patients.ResultsRetinal vascular pathology was identified by UWF FFA, but not by standard ETDRS 7-field area, in 62 patients (58.5%) and in 79 eyes (43.4%). The pathology included active RV (47 eyes, 25.8% of eyes); retinal ischaemia, or infarction (53 eyes, 29.1%); and retinal neovascularization (7 eyes, 3.8%). A change to management was made in 36 patients (34%). Of these, 21 (20% of all patients undergoing angiography) were made after the identification of retinal vascular pathology, which was found only on UWF FFA, outside the ETDRS area.ConclusionUltra-widefield fluorescein angiography has clear advantages over standard multi-field imaging. It is currently the standard method of assessment for RV in this centre.
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PMID:Ultra-widefield fundus fluorescein angiography in the diagnosis and management of retinal vasculitis. 2857 99

We read with interest the article "Role of Ultra-widefield Imaging in Eales' Disease: A Case Series" by Agarwal et al. We would like to congratulate the authors for their nice work and make few observations. We noted few discrepancies between the results and conclusions. Results revealed disease activity in 10/57 (17.5%), 20/57 (35%), and 29/57 (50.9%) patient visits with clinical examination, UWF Optos imaging, and wide-field FFA respectively. However, authors conclude that "ultra-widefield imaging is a very helpful tool in the management of a patient with Eales'disease." This is in spite of the fact that widefield FA resulted in better documentation in 56% of the patient visits in their series. Widefield FA detected significantly more number of active vasculitis as compared to Optos, and alteration in the treatment plan was done in 18/57 (31.6%) patient visits based on FA.
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PMID:Letter to the Editor: Reply to Manuscript "Role of Ultra-widefield Imaging in Eales' Disease: A Case Series". 3296 56