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ArticleScientific reports2023

Local ocular factors associated with the development of diabetic macular edema: an inter-eye study.

Jaehwan Choi, Sang Jin Kim, Se Woong Kang, Ki Young Son, Sungsoon Hwang

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Jaehwan ChoiDepartment of Ophthalmology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.
Sang Jin KimDepartment of Ophthalmology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.
Se Woong KangDepartment of Ophthalmology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea. swkang@skku.edu.
Ki Young SonDepartment of Ophthalmology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.
Sungsoon HwangDepartment of Ophthalmology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.

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Abstract

To investigate local ocular factors associated with the development of diabetic macular edema (DME), we classified each eye of patients with unilateral DME as the DME eyes or the fellow eyes (without DME). We compared the clinical characteristics, optical coherence tomography (OCT), and OCT angiography (OCTA), ultra-wide field fundus photography, and angiography features of each eye. As a result, fifty-five patients with unilateral DME were enrolled. Although the diabetic retinopathy stage was not different between each group of eyes, DME eyes showed a higher prevalence of venous beading and a larger area of nonperfusion region than did fellow eyes (all P < 0.05). OCTA features of DME eyes also showed a larger foveal avascular zone in the deep capillary plexus and a lower vascular density in both the superficial and deep capillary plexuses (all P < 0.05). This study highlighted ocular features reflecting retinal ischemia, such as venous beading, area of nonperfusion region, and vascular density in the central retinal area, are associated with the development of DME. OCTA and ultra-wide field fluorescein angiography may be useful for evaluating the parameters of retinal ischemia and the risk of DME development.

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Diabetes MellitusDiabetic RetinopathyMacular EdemaFluorescein AngiographyHumansIschemiaRetina

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PMID37684395
PMCPMC10491578

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