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ArticleFrontiers in medicine2025

Alterations in blood flow at the optic nerve head in patients with thyroid eye disease using optic coherence tomography angiography.

Shenglan Cao, Rongfeng Liao, Chengbo Fang

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  1. Multifocal visual evoked potential in thyroid associated ophthalmopathy.Documenta ophthalmologica. Advances in ophthalmology · 2026
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Shenglan CaoDepartment of Ophthalmology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China.
Rongfeng LiaoDepartment of Ophthalmology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China.
Chengbo FangDepartment of Ophthalmology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China.

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Abstract

Introduction: This study aimed to evaluate changes in blood flow at the optic nerve head (ONH) in patients with thyroid eye disease (TED) using optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA). Methods: A total of 59 eyes from 59 patients with TED and 39 eyes from 39 healthy controls (HCs) were included. Patients with TED were categorized into the active and inactive groups based on clinical activity scores. All participants underwent ophthalmological and endocrinological tests. Peripapillary vessel density (VD) and retinal nerve fiber layer thickness (RNFLT) were measured using OCTA. All eyes underwent a 4.5*4.5-mm scan pattern centered on the ONH. The peripapillary region was divided into eight sectors: superior nasal (SN), nasal upper (NU), nasal lower (NL), inferior nasal (IN), inferior temporal (IT), temporal lower (TL), temporal upper (TU), and superior temporal (ST). A correlation analysis was used to explore the association between blood flow changes and relevant factors. Results: Compared to the eyes of HCs, the eyes of patients in the inactive TED group demonstrated lower radial peripapillary capillary VD, with significant differences observed in the SN and ST sectors of the peripapillary region ( Conclusion: OCTA can detect microvascular ONH changes in patients with TED.

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optic coherence tomography angiographyperipapillary vessel densityradial peripapillary capillariesretinal nerve fiber layer thicknessthyroid eye disease

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