Visualization of cystoid macular oedema using a scanning laser ophthalmoscope in the retro-mode.
OBJECTIVE
To investigate cystoid macular oedema using a scanning laser ophthalmoscope.


METHODS
We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 101 eyes with cystoid macular oedema because of various aetiologies. All eyes were examined with a new, commercially available scanning laser ophthalmoscope in the retro-mode with an infrared laser.


RESULTS
In all eyes, scanning laser ophthalmoscope in the retro-mode showed numerous oval or polygonal cystoid spaces. Most eyes showed a large cystoid space beneath the fovea, with surrounding small cystoid spaces. The area of the foveal cystoid space showed a correlation with its height, as measured with optical coherence tomography (R = 0.60, P < 0.0001). Visual acuity, however, did not show any correlation with either the area of the foveal cystoid space or area of all of the cystoid spaces in the macular area.


CONCLUSIONS
Scanning laser ophthalmoscope in the retro-mode can show each cystoid space located in any layer of the retina and allows us to detect the extent of cystoid macular oedema.
Yamamoto
Motoshi
M
Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan.
Mizukami
Shiho
S
Tsujikawa
Akitaka
A
Miyoshi
Norimi
N
Yoshimura
Nagahisa
N
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D006801:Humans; D008269:Macular Edema / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019721:Ophthalmoscopes; D009887:Ophthalmoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D012160:Retina / Q000473:pathology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence; D014792:Visual Acuity; D055815:Young Adult