title: IDENTIFICATION OF INCREASED BLUE LIGHT REFLECTIVITY IN MACULAR TELANGIECTASIA TYPE 2 USING SCANNING LASER OPHTHALMOSCOPY VERSUS RED-FREE FUNDUS PHOTOGRAPHY.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To compare two modalities used for detection of the characteristic parafoveal hyperreflective area seen in macular telangiectasia Type 2.
  
  
  METHODS
  Scanning laser ophthalmoscope blue light reflectance was compared with red-free fundus photography imaging. Images were obtained as part of the international Natural History Study of Macular Telangiectasia (MacTel Study).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The hyperreflective area can more frequently be seen with scanning laser ophthalmoscope blue light reflectance than with red-free imaging.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Detection of the hyperreflective area might help to identify macular telangiectasia in earlier disease stages. Scanning laser ophthalmoscope blue light reflectance should be preferred as a diagnostic tool when the suspicion of macular telangiectasia arises. However, red-free imaging offers a viable option to scanning laser ophthalmoscope blue light reflectance when good quality is achieved.
authors.affiliation: NIHR BMRC, Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation, Trust London, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Talha
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Soorma
authors.affiliation: NIHR BMRC, Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation, Trust London, United Kingdom.|University of Bonn, Department of Ophthalmology, Bonn, Germany.
authors.forename: Tjebo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Heeren
authors.affiliation: NIHR BMRC, Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation, Trust London, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Daniela
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Florea
authors.affiliation: NIHR BMRC, Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation, Trust London, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Irene
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Leung
authors.affiliation: NIHR BMRC, Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation, Trust London, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Tunde
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Peto
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007834:Lasers; D008266:Macula Lutea / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D009887:Ophthalmoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D061848:Optical Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D010781:Photography / Q000379:methods*; D058456:Retinal Telangiectasis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*