Stratus optical coherence tomography findings in patients with retinopathy of prematurity.
OBJECTIVE
To describe morphological features of the macula in patients with retinopathy of prematurity.


METHODS
Twelve premature babies with retinopathy of prematurity grades I, II and III underwent dilated fundus examination and optical coherence tomography evaluation.


RESULTS
In all thirteen eyes of the twelve premature patients optical coherence tomography revealed a condensed retinal pigmented epithelial layer in the macular-foveal area shown by increased reflectivity. In these eyes the retinal layers were not well differentiated. Foveal depression was clearly evident in 23%.


CONCLUSIONS
In premature patients with retinopathy of prematurity, optical coherence tomography revealed poorly differentiated layers in the macular region with increased reflectivity in retinal pigmented epithelial-choriocapillaris zone.
Lago
Aline do
Ad
Setor de Retina e Vítreo, Departamento de Oftalmologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. alinelago@oftalmo.epm.br
Matieli
Lícia
L
Gomes
Michele
M
Baba
Natalia Tamie
NT
Farah
Michel Eid
ME
Belfort Junior
Rubens
R
Moraes
Nilva Simeren Bueno de
NS
D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D019102:Infant, Very Low Birth Weight; D008266:Macula Lutea / Q000473:pathology*; D012178:Retinopathy of Prematurity / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence