Subclinical Signs of Retinal Involvement in Hereditary Angioedema

To explore retinal abnormalities using spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) and OCT-angiography (OCT-A) in a highly selective cohort of patients with type I hereditary angioedema (HAE). This prospective case-control study included 40 type I HAE patients and 40 age-/sex-matched healt...

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Autores principales: Paola Triggianese, Matteo Di Marino, Carolina Nesi, Elisabetta Greco, Stella Modica, Maria Sole Chimenti, Paola Conigliaro, Raffaele Mancino, Carlo Nucci, Massimo Cesareo
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:5bb7077dc87441f48c40c0bacf46dafd2021-11-25T18:02:35ZSubclinical Signs of Retinal Involvement in Hereditary Angioedema10.3390/jcm102254152077-0383https://doaj.org/article/5bb7077dc87441f48c40c0bacf46dafd2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/10/22/5415https://doaj.org/toc/2077-0383To explore retinal abnormalities using spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) and OCT-angiography (OCT-A) in a highly selective cohort of patients with type I hereditary angioedema (HAE). This prospective case-control study included 40 type I HAE patients and 40 age-/sex-matched healthy subjects (HC). All participants underwent SD-OCT-scanning of retinal posterior pole (PP), peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer (pRNFL), and optic nerve head (ONH). Superficial/deep capillary density was analyzed by OCT-A. A total of 80 eyes from 40 HAE and 40 eyes from HC were evaluated. The pRNFL was thicker in HAE than in HC in nasal superior (<i>p</i> < 0.0001) and temporal quadrants (<i>p</i> = 0.0005 left, <i>p</i> = 0.003 right). The ONH thickness in HAE patients was greater than in HC in the nasal (<i>p</i> = 0.008 left, <i>p</i> = 0.01 right), temporal (<i>p</i> = 0.0005 left, <i>p</i> = 0.003 right), temporal inferior (<i>p</i> = 0.007 left, <i>p</i> = 0.0008 right), and global (<i>p</i> = 0.005 left, <i>p</i> = 0.007 right) scans. Compared to HC, HAE showed a lower capillary density in both superficial (<i>p</i> = 0.001 left, <i>p</i> = 0.006 right) and deep (<i>p</i> = 0.008 left, <i>p</i> = 0.004 right) whole images, and superficial (<i>p</i> = 0.03 left) and deep parafoveal (<i>p</i> = 0.007 left, <i>p</i> = 0.005 right) areas. Our findings documented subclinical retinal abnormalities in type I HAE, supporting a potential role of the retinal assessment by SD-OCT/OCT-A as a useful tool in the comprehensive care of HAE patients.Paola TriggianeseMatteo Di MarinoCarolina NesiElisabetta GrecoStella ModicaMaria Sole ChimentiPaola ConigliaroRaffaele MancinoCarlo NucciMassimo CesareoMDPI AGarticlecomplement systemhereditary angioedemaretinaOCTOCT-AMedicineRENJournal of Clinical Medicine, Vol 10, Iss 5415, p 5415 (2021)
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topic complement system
hereditary angioedema
retina
OCT
OCT-A
Medicine
R
spellingShingle complement system
hereditary angioedema
retina
OCT
OCT-A
Medicine
R
Paola Triggianese
Matteo Di Marino
Carolina Nesi
Elisabetta Greco
Stella Modica
Maria Sole Chimenti
Paola Conigliaro
Raffaele Mancino
Carlo Nucci
Massimo Cesareo
Subclinical Signs of Retinal Involvement in Hereditary Angioedema
description To explore retinal abnormalities using spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) and OCT-angiography (OCT-A) in a highly selective cohort of patients with type I hereditary angioedema (HAE). This prospective case-control study included 40 type I HAE patients and 40 age-/sex-matched healthy subjects (HC). All participants underwent SD-OCT-scanning of retinal posterior pole (PP), peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer (pRNFL), and optic nerve head (ONH). Superficial/deep capillary density was analyzed by OCT-A. A total of 80 eyes from 40 HAE and 40 eyes from HC were evaluated. The pRNFL was thicker in HAE than in HC in nasal superior (<i>p</i> < 0.0001) and temporal quadrants (<i>p</i> = 0.0005 left, <i>p</i> = 0.003 right). The ONH thickness in HAE patients was greater than in HC in the nasal (<i>p</i> = 0.008 left, <i>p</i> = 0.01 right), temporal (<i>p</i> = 0.0005 left, <i>p</i> = 0.003 right), temporal inferior (<i>p</i> = 0.007 left, <i>p</i> = 0.0008 right), and global (<i>p</i> = 0.005 left, <i>p</i> = 0.007 right) scans. Compared to HC, HAE showed a lower capillary density in both superficial (<i>p</i> = 0.001 left, <i>p</i> = 0.006 right) and deep (<i>p</i> = 0.008 left, <i>p</i> = 0.004 right) whole images, and superficial (<i>p</i> = 0.03 left) and deep parafoveal (<i>p</i> = 0.007 left, <i>p</i> = 0.005 right) areas. Our findings documented subclinical retinal abnormalities in type I HAE, supporting a potential role of the retinal assessment by SD-OCT/OCT-A as a useful tool in the comprehensive care of HAE patients.
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author Paola Triggianese
Matteo Di Marino
Carolina Nesi
Elisabetta Greco
Stella Modica
Maria Sole Chimenti
Paola Conigliaro
Raffaele Mancino
Carlo Nucci
Massimo Cesareo
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Matteo Di Marino
Carolina Nesi
Elisabetta Greco
Stella Modica
Maria Sole Chimenti
Paola Conigliaro
Raffaele Mancino
Carlo Nucci
Massimo Cesareo
author_sort Paola Triggianese
title Subclinical Signs of Retinal Involvement in Hereditary Angioedema
title_short Subclinical Signs of Retinal Involvement in Hereditary Angioedema
title_full Subclinical Signs of Retinal Involvement in Hereditary Angioedema
title_fullStr Subclinical Signs of Retinal Involvement in Hereditary Angioedema
title_full_unstemmed Subclinical Signs of Retinal Involvement in Hereditary Angioedema
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publisher MDPI AG
publishDate 2021
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