ArticleBMC ophthalmology2021
Predicting visual acuity in Bietti crystalline dystrophy: evaluation of image parameters.
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- Natural history of progressive vision loss in Bietti crystalline dystrophy: a model-based meta-analysis.BMJ open ophthalmology · 2025Pooled it
- Relationship between outer retinal tubulation, retinal volume, and visual field in Bietti crystalline dystrophy.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2025Article
- Cross-Sectional Analysis of Outer Retinal Tubulation in Inherited Retinal Diseases: A Multicenter Study.American journal of ophthalmology · 2025Article
- Investigating Microperimetric Features in Bietti Crystalline Dystrophy Patients: A Cross-Sectional Longitudinal Study in a Large Cohort.Investigative ophthalmology & visual science · 2024Article
- Diagnostic and Management Strategies of Bietti Crystalline Dystrophy: Current Perspectives.Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2023Review
- Presumed Bietti crystalline dystrophy with optic nerve head drusen: a case report.Journal of medical case reports · 2022Article
- Foveolar thickness as potential standardized structural outcome measurement in studies of Bietti crystalline dystrophy.Scientific reports · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundTo analyze multiple imaging modalities in patients with Bietti crystalline dystrophy (BCD) and to investigate which factors from these modalities are associated with best corrected visual acuity (BCVA).
methodsIn this retrospective study, 40 eyes from 22 patients with BCD were included and were separated into group 1 (BCVA ≤20/200) and group 2 (BCVA > 20/200). Data including BCVA and characteristic findings from near-infrared reflectance (NIR) imaging, fundus autofluorescence (FAF), and spectral domain-optic coherence tomography (SD-OCT) were analyzed and compared. The outcome measures of multimodal imaging were evaluated for correlation with BCVA.
resultsNIR is a good diagnostic tool for detecting either crystalline or sclerotic vessels in BCD. Patients in group 1 tended to have a thinner choroid (P = 0.047) with ellipsoid zone (EZ) disruption (P = 0.011). Calculation of the area under the curve indicated that EZ disruption detected on SD-OCT could be a good predictor of legal blindness in BCD.
conclusionFor the diagnosis of BCD, NIR could be a good diagnostic tool. Of the studied imaging modalities, we found that EZ disruption at the fovea were strongly associated with legal blindness, which could be easily assessed by SD-OCT.
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