March 2012
Volume 53, Issue 14
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ARVO Annual Meeting Abstract  |   March 2012
Choroidal Thickness In Eyes With Geographic Secondary To Stargardt Disease And Age-related Macular Degeneration
Author Affiliations & Notes
  • Benjamin J. Thomas
    Ophthalmology, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Miami, Florida
  • Carlos Alexandre A. Garcia Filho
    Ophthalmology, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Miami, Florida
  • Potyra Aroucha
    Ophthalmology, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Miami, Florida
  • William Feuer
    Ophthalmology, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Miami, Florida
  • Giovanni Gregori
    Ophthalmology, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Miami, Florida
  • Byrom L. Lam
    Ophthalmology, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Miami, Florida
  • Philip J. Rosenfeld
    Ophthalmology, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Miami, Florida
  • Footnotes
    Commercial Relationships  Benjamin J. Thomas, None; Carlos Alexandre A. Garcia Filho, Carl Zeiss Meditec Inc. (F); Potyra Aroucha, None; William Feuer, Alexion (F); Giovanni Gregori, Carl Zeiss Meditec Inc. (F, P); Byrom L. Lam, None; Philip J. Rosenfeld, Alexion (F), Carl Zeiss Meditec Inc. (F, R)
  • Footnotes
    Support  Alexion Phamaceuticals; Macula Vision Research Foundation; NIH center core grant P30EY014801; Research to Prevent Blindness; Department of Defense (W81XWH-09-1-0675); Grant from Carl Zeiss Meditec Inc
Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science March 2012, Vol.53, 3170. doi:
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      Benjamin J. Thomas, Carlos Alexandre A. Garcia Filho, Potyra Aroucha, William Feuer, Giovanni Gregori, Byrom L. Lam, Philip J. Rosenfeld; Choroidal Thickness In Eyes With Geographic Secondary To Stargardt Disease And Age-related Macular Degeneration. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2012;53(14):3170.

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Abstract
 
Purpose:
 

Stargardt disease is primarily a disease of the photoreceptors followed by RPE loss and formation of geographic atrophy (GA). In AMD, the primary cause of GA is not known, but these eyes with GA have thinner choroids than in normal eyes. If the loss of choroidal thickness is the direct result of photoreceptor and RPE loss, then we would expect similar choroidal thickness measurements in eyes with Stargardt disease and AMD once adjusted for age, axial length, and the extent of GA. To test this hypothesis, we compared choroidal thickness measurements in eyes with Stargardt disease and AMD.

 
Methods:
 

Patients with the diagnosis of GA secondary to Stargardt disease and AMD were enrolled in a prospective SDOCT imaging study. SDOCT imaging was performed using the Cirrus (Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc.) and the Spectralis (Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany) instruments. The area of GA was measured on the OCT fundus image generated using the Cirrus scan pattern of 200x200 A-scans. Subfoveal choroidal thickness was measured from the central B-scan using the Spectralis enhanced depth imaging protocol. Two independent graders measured the subfoveal choroidal thickness. Axial length was measured using the IOL Master (Carl Zeiss Meditec Inc., Dublin, CA). Multiple linear regressions were used to compare choroidal thickness measurements after adjusting for age and axial length.

 
Results:
 

A total of 16 eyes of 8 patients were included in the Stargardt group and 16 eyes of 16 patients with AMD were included and matched with respect to the area of GA. Mean area of GA was 4.68 mm2 (SD=4.5) and 4.69 mm2 (SD=4.1) for the Stargardt and AMD groups, respectively. The mean age of the Stargardt patients was 29.5 (SD=10.0) and 81.0 (SD=7.4) for the AMD patients. Mean subfoveal choroidal thickness was 327.9 µm (SD=70.7) for the Stargardt eyes and 201.5 (SD=137.3) for the AMD eyes. Mean axial length was 23.8 mm (SD=0.93) for the Stargardt patients and 23.5 mm (SD=1.09) for the AMD patients.

 
Conclusions:
 

AMD eyes with GA have thinner choroids than Stargardt eyes with GA suggesting that the thinner choroid in AMD eyes is associated with the primary cause of the disease rather than a response to photoreceptor and RPE loss.

 
Keywords: age-related macular degeneration • choroid • retina 
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