Differences in Central and Peripheral Choroidal Thickness among the Subtypes of Age-Related Macular Degeneration in an Asian Population

Yosuke Fukuda; Shoji Notomi; Satomi Shiose; Kumiko Kano; Sawako Hashimoto; Kohta Fujiwara; Masato Akiyama; Keijiro Ishikawa; Toshio Hisatomi; Koh-Hei Sonoda

doi:10.3390/jcm12165364

Journal of Clinical Medicine (Aug 2023)

Differences in Central and Peripheral Choroidal Thickness among the Subtypes of Age-Related Macular Degeneration in an Asian Population

Yosuke Fukuda,
Shoji Notomi,
Satomi Shiose,
Kumiko Kano,
Sawako Hashimoto,
Kohta Fujiwara,
Masato Akiyama,
Keijiro Ishikawa,
Toshio Hisatomi,
Koh-Hei Sonoda

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Yosuke Fukuda: Department of Ophthalmology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-Ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Fukuoka, Japan
Shoji Notomi: Department of Ophthalmology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-Ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Fukuoka, Japan
Satomi Shiose: Department of Ophthalmology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-Ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Fukuoka, Japan
Kumiko Kano: Department of Ophthalmology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-Ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Fukuoka, Japan
Sawako Hashimoto: Department of Ophthalmology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-Ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Fukuoka, Japan
Kohta Fujiwara: Department of Ophthalmology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-Ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Fukuoka, Japan
Masato Akiyama: Department of Ophthalmology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-Ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Fukuoka, Japan
Keijiro Ishikawa: Department of Ophthalmology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-Ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Fukuoka, Japan
Toshio Hisatomi: Department of Ophthalmology, Fukuoka University Chikushi Hospital, 1-1-1 Zokumyouin, Chikushino 818-8502, Fukuoka, Japan
Koh-Hei Sonoda: Department of Ophthalmology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-Ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Fukuoka, Japan

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12165364
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 16
p. 5364

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Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) causes visual impairment in individuals who are >50 years of age. However, no study has investigated AMD when using ultra-wide-field swept-source optical coherence tomography (UWF SS-OCT). We aimed to evaluate central and peripheral choroidal thicknesses using UWF SS-OCT, and to compare these across the AMD subtypes. We included 75 eyes of patients with typical AMD (tAMD), 56 with polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV), 29 with pachychoroid neovasculopathy (PNV), and 12 with retinal angiomatous proliferation (RAP). To compare choroidal thicknesses in the central and peripheral choroids, we established subfields of p = 0.01). The choroidal thicknesses of PNV were significantly greater than that of tAMD in all subfields (p p p p < 0.01). A thickened choroid in PNV was more pronounced in the posterior choroid than in the periphery.

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ISSN: 2077-0383 (Online)
Publisher: MDPI AG
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Medicine
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