Hyperreflective Walls in Foveal Cystoid Spaces as a Biomarker of Diabetic Macular Edema Refractory to Anti-VEGF Treatment
Hyperreflective Walls in Foveal Cystoid Spaces as a Biomarker of Diabetic Macular Edema Refractory to Anti-VEGF Treatment
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DOI:
10.1038/s41598-020-64332-6
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发表时间:
2020-04
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4.6
通讯作者:
N. Terada;T. Murakami;A. Uji;Yoko Dodo;Yuki Mori;A. Tsujikawa
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N. Terada;T. Murakami;A. Uji;Yoko Dodo;Yuki Mori;A. Tsujikawa
Diabetic macular edema (DME) refractory to anti-VEGF drugs is a socioeconomic burden. In this retrospective study, we investigated the relationship between DME remission andhyperreflective walls in foveal cystoid spaces, a novel finding on spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) images in DME. In a cross-sectional study, we assessed the relationship between hyperreflective walls in foveal cystoid spaces and other OCT findings in 110 eyes of 110 DME patients. Hyperreflective walls were delineated in 27 of 171 foveal cystoid spaces. Eyes with hyperreflective walls in foveal cystoid spaces had poorer visual acuity and more severe photoreceptor disruption than did those without such findings (P= 0.008 andP< 0.001, respectively). In the other longitudinal study, we evaluated the relationship between this finding and the remission in 54 eyes of 51 DME patients treated with as-needed ranibizumab injections for 24 months. Foveal cystoid spaces with hyperreflective walls were often persistent, and the cumulative rates of DME remission among eyes with and without the hyperreflective walls were 7.7% (1 eye) and 48.8% (20 eyes) at 18 months (hazard ratio, 0.092;P= 0.025). We characterizedhyperreflective walls in foveal cystoid spacesand designated them as a predictor of no DME remission under ranibizumab injections.