Swept-source Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography in Active and Scarred Toxoplasmic Retinochoroiditis

ABSTRACT

Purpose

To describe optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) findings in eyes with active and scarred toxoplasmic retinochoroiditis.

Methods

OCTA scans in active (25 eyes) and scarred (17 eyes) retinochoroiditis were retrospectively reviewed.

Results

In active lesions, OCTA findings included a non-detectable flow signal area in retinal vascular plexuses and choriocapillaris in all 25 eyes (100%), an abnormal intraretinal vascular process in 2 eyes (8%), and an associated area of retinal flow deficit secondary to branch retinal artery occlusion in one eye (4%). In scarred lesions, OCTA findings included a flow deficit area in retinal vascular plexuses and choriocapillaris in all 17 eyes (100%), a visibility of larger deeper choroidal vessels at the level of choriocapillaris in 9 eyes (53%), and a well-defined intraretinal vascular network in one eye (5.9%). Peripapillary scars were associated on OCTA with wedge-shaped loss of radial peripapillary capillaries with corresponding localized retinal nerve fiber layer defect and visual field loss.

Conclusion

OCTA allows to non-invasively detect retinal and choroidal vascular changes in active and scarred toxoplasmic retinochoroiditis.

KEYWORDS:

• Optical coherence tomography
• optical coherence tomography angiography
• retinochoroiditis
• toxoplasmosis
• uveitis

Acknowledgment

This work has been supported by the Ministry of Higher Education and Research of Tunisia.

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).