Optical coherence angiography-tomography – a biomarker of retinal vascularization in patients with multiple sclerosis. Preliminary results

Abstract

Optical coherence angiography-tomography uses as a reflective medium the flow of erythrocytes through the retinal circulation, reproducing images of the vascular microstructure from the superficial vascular plexus of the retina. The examination took place in the I Ophthalmology Clinic of the Hospital “St. Spiridon” Iași and included 15 patients diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. We observed in 3 cases, changes in peripapillary vascularization. With the help of OCT angiography we were able to observe a series of elements with the appearance of peripapillary vascular stasis, at the level of the microcirculation of the optic nerve.