Optical Coherence Tomography-Angiography of a large retinal microaneurysm

J Daniel Diaz; Patrick Oellers; Rebecca Silverman; John B Miller

doi:10.1016/j.ajoc.2020.100690

Optical Coherence Tomography-Angiography of a large retinal microaneurysm

Am J Ophthalmol Case Rep. 2020 Apr 3:18:100690. doi: 10.1016/j.ajoc.2020.100690. eCollection 2020 Jun.

Authors

J Daniel Diaz¹, Patrick Oellers¹, Rebecca Silverman¹, John B Miller¹

Affiliation

¹ Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States.

Abstract

A 63-year-old healthy woman was referred for a retinal examination. Dilated fundus examination of the left eye revealed small retinal hemorrhage with surrounding exudation, most consistent with a large retinal microaneurysm, which was confirmed by fluorescein angiography and optical coherence tomography angiography (OCT-A). OCT-A has the potential to clearly delineate the anatomy of retinal aneurysms and could be used for diagnosis and surveillance, possibly replacing the current gold-standard fluorescein angiography.

Keywords: Optical coherence tomography-angiography; Retinal microaneurysm.