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ReviewDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Clinical Applications of Optical Coherence Tomography and Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography in Uveal Melanoma: A Narrative Review.

Mario Troisi, Livio Vitiello, Filippo Lixi, Mihaela Madalina Timofte Zorila, Giulia Abbinante, Alfonso Pellegrino, Assem Namazbayeva, Ginevra Giovanna Adamo, Giulia Coco, Alberto Cuccu and 1 more

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Review in Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Mario TroisiEye Clinic, Department of Neurosciences, Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, 80131 Naples, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3492-014X
Livio VitielloEye Unit, Luigi Curto Hospital, Azienda Sanitaria Locale Salerno, 84035 Polla, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-7867-3342
Filippo LixiEye Clinic, Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Cagliari, Via Università 40, 09124 Cagliari, Italy.ORCID 0009-0008-0956-4925
Mihaela Madalina Timofte ZorilaFaculty of Medicine, Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 16 Universitatii Street, 700115 Iasi, Romania.
Giulia AbbinanteEye Unit, Luigi Curto Hospital, Azienda Sanitaria Locale Salerno, 84035 Polla, Italy.
Alfonso PellegrinoEye Unit, Luigi Curto Hospital, Azienda Sanitaria Locale Salerno, 84035 Polla, Italy.
Assem NamazbayevaKazakh Eye Research Institute, Tole Bi Street 95a, Almaty 050000, Kazakhstan.
Ginevra Giovanna AdamoDepartment of Translational Medicine, University of Ferrara, Via Ludovico Ariosto 35, 44121 Ferarra, Italy.ORCID 0009-0001-9417-1200
Giulia CocoOphthalmology Unit, Department of Clinical Sciences and Translational Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Via Montpellier 1, 00133 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2410-6366
Alberto CuccuEye Clinic, Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Cagliari, Via Università 40, 09124 Cagliari, Italy.ORCID 0009-0001-0869-2131
Giuseppe GiannaccareEye Clinic, Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Cagliari, Via Università 40, 09124 Cagliari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-2617-0289

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Uveal melanoma is the most common primary intraocular malignancy in adults, most frequently arising from the choroid, followed by the ciliary body and iris. Its diagnosis and management require precise characterization of tumor morphology, localization, and associated complications to optimize visual and systemic outcomes. Recent advances in optical coherence tomography (OCT), anterior segment OCT (AS-OCT), and OCT angiography (OCTA) have expanded the ophthalmologist's ability to non-invasively visualize structural and vascular changes associated with this disease. In fact, enhanced depth imaging (EDI) and swept-source (SS) OCT can provide detailed views of deep ocular structures, enabling early detection of hallmark features such as subretinal fluid, retinal pigment epithelium disruption, and dome- or mushroom-shaped choroidal elevations; AS-OCT improves evaluation of lesions of the anterior segment, revealing iris architecture distortion and angle involvement; OCTA facilitates the visualization of abnormal tumor vasculature and detection of radiation-induced microvascular changes, including capillary dropout and foveal avascular zone enlargement. Moreover, these imaging modalities have demonstrated utility in differentiating uveal melanoma from pseudomelanomas, such as choroidal nevi, hemangiomas, and metastases. The present review aims at objectively assessing the use of OCT and OCTA in the diagnosis, treatment, and follow up of ocular melanoma, emphasizing their crucial role in identifying pathologic biomarkers of this potentially fatal ocular disease.

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anterior segment imagingartificial intelligencechoroidal imagingchoroidal melanomairis melanomamultimodal imagingocular oncologyoptical coherence tomographyoptical coherence tomography angiographyuveal melanoma

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PMCPMC12523779

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