CORRELATION BETWEEN MORPHOLOGIC FEATURES ON SPECTRAL-DOMAIN OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY AND ANGIOGRAPHIC LEAKAGE PATTERNS IN MACULAR EDEMA

Abstract

Eyes with diabetic macular edema and retinal vein occlusions have a significantly higher incidence of cyst formation on SD-OCT. There was no correlation between visual acuity and cyst formation. Diffuse noncystoid angiographic macular edema may show microcysts on SD-OCT, but diffuse edema is more commonly associated with thickening or distortion of the retinal layers without cyst formation. Cystoid leakage on fluorescein angiography is always associated with cystic changes on SD-OCT.