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ArticleScientific reports2024

Visual functions and multimodal imaging of patients with idiopathic focal choroidal excavation.

Akiko Okubo, Fumiki Okamoto, Kei Uezono, Kazuhiko Unoki

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Akiko OkuboUnoki Eye Clinic, Harara 1-7-15, Kagoshima City, Kagoshima, 890-0026, Japan. serenokub007@gmail.com.
Fumiki OkamotoDepartment of Ophthalmology, Graduate School of Medicine, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan.
Kei UezonoUnoki Eye Clinic, Harara 1-7-15, Kagoshima City, Kagoshima, 890-0026, Japan.
Kazuhiko UnokiUnoki Eye Clinic, Harara 1-7-15, Kagoshima City, Kagoshima, 890-0026, Japan.

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Abstract

This study aimed to evaluate visual function and perform multimodal imaging on patients with focal choroidal excavation without any chorioretinal disease (idiopathic focal choroidal excavation [iFCE]). Seventeen eyes of 15 patients with iFCE (8 men, 7 women; mean ± standard deviation age, 56.0 ± 10.8 years) were assessed for visual function including visual acuity, metamorphopsia, aniseikonia, and retinal sensitivity. Multimodal imaging included optical coherence tomography (OCT), fundus autofluorescence (FAF), and OCT angiography. This study found that the maximum width and depth of the excavation were 597 ± 330 (238-1809) µm and 123 ± 45 (66-231) µm, respectively, and that FAF showed normal or hypoautofluorescence corresponding to iFCE. The fundus examination findings were stable during the follow-up period (96 ± 48 months). None of the eyes showed any abnormalities in central retinal sensitivity or aniseikonia. Metamorphopsia was detected using Amsler grid testing and M-CHARTS in two eyes. Therefore, this study is the first to quantitatively and qualitatively study metamorphopsia of patients with iFCE. Our results showed that most patients with iFCE did not have visual impairments, despite the presence of morphological changes in the outer retina and choroid.

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Choroid DiseasesMultimodal ImagingTomography, Optical CoherenceVisual AcuityAdultAgedChoroidFemaleFluorescein AngiographyHumansMaleMiddle AgedRetinaVision DisordersIdiopathic focal choroidal excavationMetamorphopsiaVisual function

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