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Thinning of the retinal nerve fiber layer and changes in retinal nerve fiber layer birefringence may both precede clinically detectable glaucomatous vision loss. We present in vivo thickness and depth-resolved birefringence measurements of the human retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) by use of polarization-sensitive optical coherence tomography (PS-OCT). Using a fiber-based PS-OCT setup real-time images of the human retina in vivo were recorded, co-registered with retinal video images of the location of PS-OCT scans. PS-OCT scans around the optic nerve head (ONH) of two healthy young volunteers were made using 10 concentric circles of increasing radius. Both the mean retinal nerve fiber layer thickness and mean retinal nerve fiber birefringence for each of 48 sectors on a circle were determined. The retinal nerve fiber layer thickness and birefringence varied as a function of sector around the ONH. Measured double pass phase retardation per unit depth values around the ONH range between 0.10 and 0.35 degrees/microm. The retinal nerve fiber layer becomes thinner with increasing distance from the ONH. In contrast, the birefringence does not vary significantly with increasing distance from the ONH.
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PMID:In vivo thickness and birefringence determination of the human retinal nerve fiber layer using polarization-sensitive optical coherence tomography. 1726 93

We present a case in which mfERG and OCT helped to make a diagnosis of an old BRAO in the setting of compound heterozygous MTHFR genotype. A 44-year-old woman presented for evaluation of a 10 month history of persistently cloudy vision OS. She had been worked up previously for MS versus BRAO, and she was on coumadin, folate, and multivitamin at the time of presentation. The patient has a fraternal twin sister who was diagnosed with MS. Dilated fundus examination OS showed subtle inferior optic atrophy with slight narrowing of the inferotemporal retinal artery, and HVF test revealed a superonasal depression OS. mfERG also showed superonasal depression OS. Retinal origin of the chief complaint was further confirmed by OCT, which showed thinning of the NFL in the corresponding region of the retina OS. Coagulopathy evaluation revealed C677T/A1298C compound heterozygous genotype for MTHFR, and plasma homocysteine level after 6 months of folate and multivitamin supplementation was 10 microM (reference range 4-10 microM). The patient was diagnosed with BRAO and maintained on coumadin therapy.
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PMID:Branch retinal artery occlusion associated with compound heterozygous genotype for methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase. 1735 7

Pseudoxantoma elasticum is a rare, hereditary, multisystemic disease affecting the skin, eye, and cardiovascular system. A twenty-eight-year-old female has presented to emergency unit with the complaint of gastrointestinal hemorrhage. This patient, who had been monitored in the gastroenterology clinic more than 10 times in the past 8 years, noted a repetitive hemorrhage during her previous pregnancy in her history. The examination of the patient revealed the following signs and symptoms: atrophy in the epithelium of the retina pigment; typical angioid streaks and peau d'orange finding in the fundus; thinning of the retinal nerve fiber in OCT (optic coherence tomography); bilateral and reticular papillary lesions with yellowish-color in the neck region (plucked chicken appearance); presence of bleeding foci in fundus; and nephrocalcinosis in kidneys. In light of these symptoms, the patient was diagnosed with pseudoxantoma elasticum. Skin biopsy confirmed the pseudoxantoma elasticum diagnose. PXE is an uncommon, hereditary disease. Early diagnosis of pseudoxantoma elasticum cases, is important for minimalizing systemic complications and informing the other family members through genetic counseling.
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PMID:Pseudoxantoma elasticum, as a repetitive upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage cause in a pregnant woman. 1765 51

Progression of retinal degeneration in a mouse model was studied in vivo with high-resolution spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT). Imaging in 3D with high depth resolution (<3 mum), SD-OCT resolved all the major layers of the retina of control C57BL/6J mice. Images of transgenic mice having a null mutation of the rhodopsin gene revealed the anatomical consequences of retinal degeneration: thinning of the outer retina, including the outer plexiform layer (OPL), outer nuclear layer (ONL), and inner and outer segments (IS/OS). We monitored the progression of retinal degeneration in rd1 mice (C3H/HeJ) by periodically imaging the same mice from the time the pups opened their eyes on P13 to P34. SD-OCT images showed that the outer retina (OPL, ONL, IS/OS) had already thinned by 73% (100 to 27 mum) at eye opening. The retina continued to degenerate, and by P20 the outer retina was not resolvable. The thickness of entire retina decreased from 228 mum (control) to 152 mum on P13 and to 98 mum by P34, a 57% reduction with the complete loss in the outer retina. In summary, we show that SD-OCT can monitor the progression of retinal degeneration in transgenic mice.
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PMID:Monitoring mouse retinal degeneration with high-resolution spectral-domain optical coherence tomography. 1831 20

We introduce a method to determine the retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness in OCT images based on anisotropic noise suppression and deformable splines. Spectral-Domain Optical Coherence Tomography (SDOCT) data was acquired at 29 kHz A-line rate with a depth resolution of 2.6 mum and a depth range of 1.6 mm. Areas of 9.6x6.4 mm2 and 6.4x6.4 mm2 were acquired in approximately 6 seconds. The deformable spline algorithm determined the vitreous-RNFL and RNFL-ganglion cell/inner plexiform layer boundary, respectively, based on changes in the reflectivity, resulting in a quantitative estimation of the RNFL thickness. The thickness map was combined with an integrated reflectance map of the retina and a typical OCT movie to facilitate clinical interpretation of the OCT data. Large area maps of RNFL thickness will permit better longitudinal evaluation of RNFL thinning in glaucoma.
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PMID:Retinal nerve fiber layer thickness map determined from optical coherence tomography images. 1950 51

A single case of multifocal choroiditis with panuveitis (MFCPU) was investigated by a three-dimensional (3-D) high-penetration optical coherence tomography. The HP-OCT is based on a swept-source OCT technology, uses a probe beam with a center wavelength of 1060 nm, and possesses a depth resolution of 10.4 micromin tissue. Two eyes of an MFCPU patient were involved in this study. The eyes were also examined by color fundus photograph, fluorescein angiography (FA), and indocyanine green angiography (ICGA). Findings in these four modalities are comparatively discussed. The OCT scans revealed the following characteristic properties of the lesion sites. Thinning of the retina, destructuring of the retinal layers, and disappearance of the junction of the inner and outer segments of the photoreceptor (IS/OS). Due to the high penetration of this OCT system, the following characteristic properties of the lesions were also observed: localized thinning of the choroid, occlusion of the choroidal vessels, and localized hyper-reflectivity that may represent hyper-pigmentation of the choroid.
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PMID:Investigation of multifocal choroiditis with panuveitis by three-dimensional high-penetration optical coherence tomography. 1957 18

Vitamin D plays a major role in mineral and skeletal homeostasis through interaction with the nuclear vitamin D receptor (VDR) of target cells. Recent reports have indicated that some cellular effects of vitamin D may occur via alternative signaling pathways, but concrete evidence for mineral homeostasis has not been shown in vivo. To investigate this issue, the actions of calcitriol (1,25D) and maxacalcitol (OCT), which were developed for treatment of uremia-induced secondary hyperparathyroidism, were analyzed in VDR knockout (VDR(-/-)) mice. The VDR(-/-) mice were fed a rescue diet immediately after weaning. 1,25D, OCT or a control solution was administered intraperitoneally to these mice three times a week for eight weeks. Biological markers and bone growth were measured and bone histomorphometric analysis of the calcein-labeled tibia was performed 24 h after the final administration. Significantly higher levels of serum Ca(2+) were observed in 1,25D- and OCT-treated mice, but the serum parathyroid hormone level was unchanged by both agents. Impaired bone growth, enlarged and distorted cartilaginous growth plates, morphological abnormalities of cancellous and cortical bones; a morbid osteoid increase, lack of calcein labeling, and thinning of cortical bone, were all significantly improved by 1,25D and OCT. The significance of these effects was confirmed by bone histomorphometrical analysis. Upregulation of the calbindin D(9k) mRNA expression level in the duodenum may explain these findings, since this protein is a major modulator of Ca transport in the small intestine. We conclude that 1,25D and OCT both at a high dose exert significant effects on Ca and skeletal homeostasis with the principal improvement of Ca status in VDR(-/-) mice, and some of these effects may occur through an alternative vitamin D signaling pathway.
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PMID:Improvement of impaired calcium and skeletal homeostasis in vitamin D receptor knockout mice by a high dose of calcitriol and maxacalcitol. 1963 78

PURPOSE. To investigate morphologic photoreceptor layer abnormalities and their correlation with visual function in occult macular dystrophy (OMD), by using spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT). METHODS. This observational case series included 18 eyes of 9 patients with OMD. All patients underwent an ophthalmic evaluation, which included a fundus examination, fluorescein angiography, full-field electroretinography (ERG), multifocal ERG, time-domain optical coherence tomography (TD-OCT), and visual field testing. Morphologic photoreceptor layer abnormalities of the retinal layers were investigated with SD-OCT. The structure-function relationship was investigated regarding visual acuity, symptom duration, and multifocal ERG RESULTS: RESULTS. Best corrected visual acuity ranged from 20/200 to 20/20. Four patients had a symmetric decline of acuity in both eyes (20/200-20/100), and five had unilateral vision impairment (20/200-20/50). TD-OCT showed foveal thinning in all patients, but revealed no other retinal layer abnormality. In 15 eyes of 8 patients, SD-OCT demonstrated a well-defined disruption of the inner segment-outer segment (IS-OS) junction of the photoreceptors and of the Verhoeff membrane (cone outer segment tips). SD-OCT showed that three of five patients with presumed unilateral OMD had bilateral OMD after initial or follow-up examinations. Degrees of abnormality in the photoreceptor layer varied and correlated with visual acuity and symptom duration. CONCLUSIONS. SD-OCT can demonstrate the disruption of photoreceptors in most patients with OMD and the morphologic changes on SD-OCT correlate with visual function and disease progression. These morphologic abnormalities can be an important feature and cause of vision loss in patients with OMD.
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PMID:Morphologic photoreceptor abnormality in occult macular dystrophy on spectral-domain optical coherence tomography. 2016 60

Pathogenic macula determined by techniques including 3-dimensional optical coherence tomography OCT (3D-OCT), in six breast cancer patients who had received low cumulative doses (4.2 to 9.6 g) of tamoxifen is described. Fluorescein angiography showed varying amounts of foveolar hyperfluorescence. 3-dimensional OCT revealed one or several foveal cystoid spaces in 10 of 12 eyes with or without focal disruption of the photoreceptor transition zones. Time-domain OCT did not indicate cystoid spaces in two of the eyes that clearly showed intraretinal cysts on 3D-OCT. Tiny disruptions of photoreceptor transition zones were also more clearly visible on 3D-OCT. Previous studies have clearly shown retinopathy following long-term or high dosages of tamoxifen. Our results indicate that patients with low cumulative doses of tamoxifen can also suffer visual symptom-related foveal cystoid spaces and/or macular thinning. 3D-OCT is very effective in detecting early subtle changes in tamoxifen-induced maculopathy that can occur in asymptomatic patients.
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PMID:Early Detection of Tamoxifen-induced Maculopathy in Patients With Low Cumulative Doses of Tamoxifen. 2033 63

Ophthalmic fundus imaging plays an important role in the advances in the pathophysiology of retinal diseases. Using fundus imaging, we studied morphological changes in the choroid, subretinal pathophysiology and photoreceptor and retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cell damage, and functional abnormalities of photoreceptor cells in macular diseases. To evaluate the choroidal changes, we performed enhanced depth imaging optical coherence tomography (EDI-OCT) for macular diseases. Choroidal thickness both in the affected eyes and in the fellow eyes with choroidal vascular hyperpermeability was thicker in patients with central serous chorioretinopathy (CSC). Photodynamic therapy (PDT) reduced the hyperpermeability and led to choroidal thinning in eyes with CSC, whereas laser photocoagulation did not result in any change in choroidal thickness, suggesting different mechanism of action for these two forms of treatment. PDT also decreased choroidal thickness in eyes with polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy. These findings will help to elucidate the pathophysiologic features of CSC as well as responses to treatment. Patients with acute Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada (VKH) disease have markedly thickened choroids. Both the choroidal thickness and the retinal detachment in these patients decreased quickly with corticosteroid treatment. EDI-OCT can be used to evaluate the choroidal involvement in VKH disease in acute stages and may prove useful in the diagnosis and management of this disease. Dome-shaped macula is the result of a localized thickening of the sclera under the macula in highly myopic patients, and it cannot be categorized into any known type of staphyloma. EDI-OCT is helpful in monitoring the proposed site of pathophysiologic changes in the choroid and the sclera, and provides noninvasively information not available by other means. To clarify the subretinal changes and the mechanism of cell damage in macular detachment, we studied the clinical characteristics of yellow deposits (multiple dot-like yellow precipitates and subretinal yellow material) seen in CSC using fundus autofluorescence and OCT. The yellow deposits had highly reflective tissue in the intraretinal and subretinal spaces seen on OCT and hyperfluorescence on short-wave autofluorescence (SW-AF) examinations during the follow-up period. These findings may indicate that formations of yellow deposits are associated with the accumulation of the photoreceptor outer segments and metabolism and phagocytosis by macrophages or RPE cells. SW-AF also demonstrated a hypofluorescence corresponding to the accumulated areas of yellow deposits during the long term followup period. Another study using infrared autofluorescence examination demonstrated that the yellow deposits induced a decrease in melanin and the functional decline of RPE cells in CSC. These may indicate that the existence of depositions in eyes with CSC is associated with photoreceptor and RPE cells damage. Similar yellow deposits can also be seen in eyes with macular detachment, e. g. branch retinal vein occlusion. We report a new method of retinal densitometry using SW-AF examination by scanning laser ophthalmoscope. We named the technique autofluorescence densitometry (AFD). This technique can evaluate photopigment density from serial SW-AF images during exposure to excitation light. This new technique can examine a much broader macular area and create a distribution map of optical density of the photopigments. It is also easy to compare the distribution of the photopigment densities with other retinal imaging devices such as OCT. To investigate functional abnormalities in eyes with CSC, we measured the optical density of the photopigments using AFD in both the acute and quiescent phase. The photopigment density decreased at the serous retinal detachment. The density remained decreased immediately after resolution and showed delayed recovery. The photopigments decreased even in eyes with a morphologic recovery of the outer retina. AFD could identify the functional impairment of the outer retina as characterized by changes in the photopigments.
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PMID:[Pathophysiology of macular diseases--morphology and function]. 2147 10


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