DISTRIBUTION OF INTRARETINAL EXUDATES IN DIABETIC MACULAR EDEMA DURING ANTI-VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR THERAPY OBSERVED BY SPECTRAL DOMAIN OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY AND FUNDUS PHOTOGRAPHY

Abstract

Diabetic macular edema reduction during intravitreal anti-vascular endothelial growth factor therapy was accompanied by dynamic rearrangement of intraretinal exudates at corresponding locations in fundus photography and SD-OCT. Intraretinal aggregates of microexudates detectable as hyperreflective foci by SD-OCT may compose and precede HE before they become clinically visible.