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Peripheral autofluorescence and clinical findings in neovascular and non-neovascular age-related macular degeneration.

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PURPOSE:To characterize peripheral fundus autofluorescence (FAF) abnormalities in patients with age-related macular degeneration (AMD), correlate these with clinical findings, and identify risk factors associated with these FAF abnormalities. DESIGN:Clinic-based, cross-sectional study. PARTICIPANTS:A total of 119 consecutive patients: 100 patients with AMD (200 eyes) and 19 patients without AMD (38 eyes). METHODS:In a prospective study performed at the Doheny Eye Institute, University of Southern California, widefield 200-degree FAF and color images were obtained by the Optos 200Tx Ultra-Widefield device (Optos, Dunfermline, Scotland) using a standardized imaging protocol. The FAF images were captured centered on the fovea, and additional images were captured after steering the field of view inferiorly and superiorly. All FAF and color images were graded independently by 2 masked ophthalmologists with respect to the presence, location, extent, and type of peripheral (defined as outside the central 30 degrees) FAF abnormality. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES:Presence and type of peripheral FAF abnormalities. RESULTS:Peripheral FAF abnormalities were evident in 164 eyes (68.9%), with several distinct FAF patterns identified: granular (46.2%), mottled (34.0%), and nummular (18.1%). A 90% concordance of FAF patterns was observed between both eyes. Abnormal FAF occurred more frequently in neovascular compared with non-neovascular AMD or normal eyes (86% vs. 72.8% vs. 18.4%, respectively, P<0.001). Significant risk factors for peripheral FAF abnormalities were AMD type (neovascular AMD odds ratio [OR], 12.7 and non-neovascular AMD OR, 6.2 compared with normal eyes, P<0.001), older age (OR, 6.5; 95% confidence interval [CI], 2.4-17.8; P<0.001 for the oldest quartile compared with the youngest), and female sex (OR, 4.1; 95% CI, 1.9-8.9; P<0.001). Clinical features on color photography were detected in 174 eyes (73.1%): peripheral drusen (51.7%), retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) depigmentation (34.9%), RPE hyperpigmentation (branching reticular pigmentation) (22.7%), and atrophic patches (16.8%). There was a high correlation between specific FAF and clinical findings: granular FAF with peripheral drusen (P<0.001) and mottled FAF with RPE depigmentation (P<0.001). CONCLUSIONS:Several distinct patterns of peripheral FAF abnormalities were observed in 68.9% of patients, with AMD type, female sex, and age being independent risk factors. The peripheral FAF patterns correlate strongly with specific clinical features seen in eyes with AMD. FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE(S):Proprietary or commercial disclosure may be found after the references.

journal_name

Ophthalmology

journal_title

Ophthalmology

authors

Tan CS,Heussen F,Sadda SR

doi

10.1016/j.ophtha.2012.12.002

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2013-06-01 00:00:00

pages

1271-7

issue

eissn

0161-6420

issn

1549-4713

pii

S0161-6420(12)01170-0

journal_volume

120

pub_type

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Peripheral autofluorescence and clinical findings in neovascular and non-neovascular age-related macular degeneration.