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Observational studyEye (London, England)2025

Inner retinal hyper-reflective foci number correlates with flood-illumination adaptive optics ophthalmoscopy grading and systemic organ involvement in patients with Fabry disease.

Daniela Bacherini, Stefano Mercuri, Andrea Sodi, Gloria Gambini, Clara Rizzo, Stanislao Rizzo, Francesco Faraldi, Lino Cirami, Egrina Dervishi, Gianni Virgili and 1 more

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Daniela Bacherini *Department of Neurosciences, Psychology, Drug Research, and Child Health, Eye Clinic, University of Florence, AOU Careggi, 50139, Florence, Italy.
Stefano Mercuri *Department of Neurosciences, Psychology, Drug Research, and Child Health, Eye Clinic, University of Florence, AOU Careggi, 50139, Florence, Italy. mercuristef@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9374-3708
Andrea SodiDepartment of Neurosciences, Psychology, Drug Research, and Child Health, Eye Clinic, University of Florence, AOU Careggi, 50139, Florence, Italy.
Gloria GambiniOphthalmology Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCSS, 00168, Rome, Italy.
Clara RizzoOphthalmic Unit, Department of Neurosciences, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.
Stanislao RizzoOphthalmology Unit, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCSS, 00168, Rome, Italy.
Francesco FaraldiTorino, Eye Clinic, 18152 ASL Torino, 10134, Turin, Italy.
Lino CiramiNephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation Unit, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy.
Egrina DervishiNephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation Unit, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy.
Gianni VirgiliDepartment of Neurosciences, Psychology, Drug Research, and Child Health, Eye Clinic, University of Florence, AOU Careggi, 50139, Florence, Italy.
Fabrizio GiansantiDepartment of Neurosciences, Psychology, Drug Research, and Child Health, Eye Clinic, University of Florence, AOU Careggi, 50139, Florence, Italy.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesTo determine the correlation of inner retinal hyper-reflective foci (HRFs) number with Flood-illumination Adaptive Optics Ophthalmoscopy (FIAOO) grading and systemic organ involvement in a cohort of patients with Fabry disease (FD).

methodsObservational and cross-sectional study. Thirty-two eyes of 16 genetically proven FD patients (11 females) were included in the analysis. Data regarding therapeutic regimen and organ involvement (heart, kidney, and brain) of each patient were reviewed. Patients underwent full ophthalmological examination including best-corrected visual acuity, retinography, spectral domain optical coherence tomography and FIAOO imaging grading of retinal vessels. The number of inner-retinal HRFs was determined within the central 2500 μm at the foveal level in each patient and correlation with ocular imaging findings and systemic involvement parameters was assessed through Spearman correlation analysis and Generalized Linear Models (GLM) with a robust Huber White standard error estimation.

resultsInner retinal HRFs number showed a significant association with male gender, use of enzyme replacement therapy and presence of retinal vessel tortuosity (all p < 0.001). Severity of NHYA class and presence of cornea verticillata reached a quasi-significant association (p = 0.089 and p = 0.07, respectively). Increase of FIAOO grading was associated to increased HRFs number (p < 0.001) and increase in estimated glomerular filtration rate was inversely associated with HRFs number (p = 0.04).

conclusionsInner retinal HRF number correlated with organ involvement and ocular imaging findings in FD patients. They may represent a biomarker of disease severity in diagnosed patients and their presence should enhance the suspect of FD in the appropriate clinical setting.

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Fabry DiseaseOphthalmoscopyRetinal DiseasesRetinal VesselsAdolescentAdultCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedTomography, Optical CoherenceVisual AcuityYoung Adult

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PMID39979614
PMCPMC12089511

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