Wright, PH;
Khalid, H;
Keane, PA;
(2022)
The utility of wide-field optical coherence tomography angiography in diagnosis and monitoring of proliferative diabetic retinopathy in pregnancy.
American Journal of Ophthalmology Case Reports
, 25
, Article 101280. 10.1016/j.ajoc.2022.101280.
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Abstract
Purpose: Diabetic retinopathy is an increasingly common complication of diabetes mellitus that benefits from early diagnosis and frequent monitoring, especially in pregnancy where there is a greater risk of progression. Fundus fluorescein angiography is currently the gold standard method of investigation for neovascularization. However, this has risks of unpleasant and potentially dangerous side effects, with an added theoretical risk to the fetus in pregnancy. Wide-field optical coherence tomography angiography (PLEX Elite 9000, Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc. USA and DRI Swept Source OCT Triton, Topcon Medical Systems, Inc. USA) potentially offers a safer, faster and equally effective alternative method for diagnosis and monitoring of diabetic retinopathy in pregnant patients. / Observations: In the 3 cases reviewed from our clinic, we found that wide-field optical coherence tomography angiography was successfully used as an alternative to fundus fluorescein angiography in early diagnosis and ongoing monitoring of diabetic retinopathy in pregnant patients. / Conclusions and importance: Wide-field optical coherence tomography angiography can be considered as a useful alternative to fundus fluorescein angiography when reviewing pregnant diabetic retinopathy patients. This allows avoidance of any unpleasant and potentially dangerous side effects associated with fluorescein injection, and appears to be just as effective in diagnosis and detecting disease progression.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | The utility of wide-field optical coherence tomography angiography in diagnosis and monitoring of proliferative diabetic retinopathy in pregnancy |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.ajoc.2022.101280 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajoc.2022.101280 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2022 Published by Elsevier Inc. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) |
| Keywords: | Diabetic retinopathy, Pregnancy, OCTA, FFA |
| UCL classification: | UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Institute of Ophthalmology UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10142849 |
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