Association of systemic comorbidity in diabetic serous macular detachment and comparison of various combination therapies in its management

Manoj Soman,1 Sunil Ganekal,2 Unnikrishnan Nair,1 KGR Nair11Chaithanya Eye Hospital and Research Institute, Trivandrum, Kerala, 2Nayana Superspecialty Eye Hospital and Research Center, Davangere, Karnataka, IndiaBackground: The purpose of this research was to study the association between systemic comorbidity in diabetic serous macular detachment (DSMD) and the effect of different forms of combination therapies in its management.Methods: In this prospective analysis, 34 eyes from 34 patients with DSMD were investigated for the presence of systemic comorbidity including anemia, dyslipidemia, nephropathy, and cardiac disease, and treated with combination therapy of either intravitreal bevacizumab + laser (group 1, n = 14) or intravitreal triamcinolone + laser (group 2, n = 20). Sequential macular laser was done 2 weeks after intravitreal pharmacotherapy in both groups. Outcome measures included visual acuity and central foveal thickness at 1 and 3 months.Results: The mean age of the patients was 55.6 ± 7.6 years. The commonest systemic association was nephropathy (82.3%). In group 1, mean visual acuity improved marginally from 6/17 at baseline to 6/16 at 1 month (P = 0.0001) and was maintained at 3 months (P = 0.008); and mean central foveal thickness decreased from 488.7 µm to 318.7 µm at 1 month (P = 0.0001) but increased to 414.4 µm at 3 months (P = 0.049). In group 2, mean visual acuity improved from 6/22 at baseline to 6/19 at 1 month (P = 0.0001) and 6/12 at 3 months (P = 0.0001); and mean central foveal thickness decreased from 428.8 µm to 323.8 µm at 1 month (P = 0.0001) to 269.2 µm at 3 months (P = 0.0001).Conclusion: Nephropathy should be ruled out in patients with DSMD. Although at 1 month both intravitreal triamcinolone and bevacizumab improved vision and decreased central foveal thickness in eyes with DSMD when administered along with focal laser treatment, the former had a more long-lasting effect in maintaining this gain at 3 months.Keywords: diabetic serous macular detachment, nephropathy, combination therap

Correlation of spectral domain optical coherence tomography findings in acute central serous chorioretinopathy with visual acuity

Unnikrishnan Nair,1 Sunil Ganekal,2 Manoj Soman,1 KGR Nair11Chaithanya Eye Hospital and Research Institute, Trivandrum, Kerala, India; 2Nayana Super Specialty Eye Hospital and Research Center, Davangere, Karnataka, IndiaPurpose: To evaluate the structural changes in the acute phase of central serous chorioretinopathy and after its resolution, using spectral domain optical coherence tomography, to correlate these tomographic changes with visual acuity (VA).Method: This was a prospective study of 100 consecutive patients with acute central serous chorioretinopathy. It was based on presenting the best-corrected VA, divided into three groups (Group 1, n = 36, VA 6/6; Group 2, n = 49, VA 6/9–6/18; Group 3, n = 15, VA > 6/18). All patients underwent fundus evaluation followed by fluorescein angiography and spectral domain optical coherence tomography.Results: The mean age of the patients was 40 ± 7.17 years. The mean log MAR VA was 0.176 ± 0.0185. Single pigment epithelial detachment (PED), and multiple discrete and multiple confluent PEDs were seen in 21%, 17%, and 32% of the eyes, respectively. The location of the PED was subfoveal in 35% of the eyes. The presence of subretinal fibrin and a rough undersurface of the neurosensory retina were noted in 61% and 64% of the eyes, respectively. On en-face scanning, a break in the walls of the PED and overlying fibrin were seen in 32.8% and 45% of the eyes, respectively. The mean subretinal fluid height at the fovea was 279.11 ± 148.78 µ. The mean outer nuclear layer thickness during the active stage was 95.10 µ and during the resolved stage, it was 77.69 µ (P = 0.012). The average photoreceptor lengths were 73.1 µ, 84.6 µ, and 94.9 µ in groups 1, 2, and 3, respectively, in the acute phase; and 69.5 µ, 70.8 µ, and 61.6 µ, respectively, after resolution (P = 0.013, P = 0.010, and P = 0.011).Conclusion: In the acute phase of the disease, poorer VA showed statistically significant association with greater dimensions of subretinal fluid – particularly, greater subretinal fluid height and thinning of the outer nuclear layer at the fovea. The presence of fibrin, subretinal precipitates, subfoveal location, or type of PED did not have any association with poor VA. In resolved central serous chorioretinopathy, poorer VA was associated with a persistently thinner outer nuclear layer, shorter photoreceptor lengths, and inner and outer segment junction atrophy.Keywords: SD-OCT, acute CSC, ONL thickness, photoreceptor thickness, visual acuity correlatio

Morphological patterns of indirect choroidal rupture on spectral domain optical coherence tomography

Unnikrishnan Nair,1 Manoj Soman,1 Sunil Ganekal,2 Vaishnavi Batmanabane,1 KGR Nair11Chaithanya Eye Hospital and Research Institute, Trivandrum, Kerala, 2Nayana Super Specialty Eye Hospital and Research Center, Davangere, Karnataka, IndiaPurpose: To evaluate the morphological types of indirect choroidal rupture (ICR) using spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT).Methods: This was a prospective interventional study of 18 eyes of 18 patients who presented with a history of blunt ocular trauma resulting in choroidal rupture. All patients underwent detailed ophthalmic evaluation and SD-OCT examination.Results: Mean age of the patients was 32±9.6 years. Morphologically, two types of choroidal rupture were seen on SD-OCT. The first type seen (Type 1 ICR) was a forward protrusion of the retinal pigment epithelium-choriocapillaris (RPE-CC) layer with an acutely angled pyramid or dome shape. This was associated with either a small loss of continuity of the retinal pigment epithelium layer or elevated RPE-CC projection accompanied by a significant quantity of subretinal hemorrhage. The second type observed (Type 2 ICR) was a larger area of disruption of the RPE-CC layer, photoreceptor inner segment/outer segment junction, and external limiting membrane, with a posteriorly directed concave contour depression at that area and downward sliding of tissues into the defect. At presentation, ten eyes were observed to have Type 1 ICR and eight to have Type 2 ICR. Of the 18 eyes, one with Type 1 ICR and two with Type 2 ICR developed choroidal neovascularization (16.6%).Conclusion: Two distinct tomographic patterns of choroidal ruptures were identified on SD-OCT, which may allow ruptures to be classified into two morphological types. There are morphometric and clinical differences between the two types, which may help to prognosticate visual outcome and anticipate complications following choroidal ruptures.Keywords: SD-OCT, ICR, blunt ocular trauma, choroidal neovascularizatio