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Abstract
The macula or macula lutea (from Latin macula, ”spot” and lutea,
”yellow”) is an oval-shaped highly pigmented yellow spot near the center
of the retina of the human eye. It has a diameter of around 1.5 mm and is
responsible for central and colour vision.
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of
blindness in both developed and developing nations in patients older than
60 years .
Choroidal neovascularization (CNV) is the creation of new blood vessels
in the choroid layer of the eye.
Patients with Choroidal Neovascularization present with: painless loss of
vision, metamorphopsia, paracentral or central scotoma or apparent
change in image size.
There are several methods used for diagnosis of CNVM. The most
commonly used are FA and the non invasive OCT.
The combination of clinical examination, OCT and appropriately timed
FA is required to provide the best possible care for some patients
Lines of treatment include intravitreal injection of Anti VEGF asa well as
other uncommon surgicl intervetion.
In our study we aimed to study the relation between macular thickness
detected by OCT and lesion size detected by FA Thirty patients
underwent full medical history and complete ocular examination
including visual acuity , IOP, slit lamp examiation and , fundus
examination as well as colour photography , OCT and FFA.
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At the end of the study we found that there is no significant correlation
between macular thickess
detected by OCT and lesion diameter detected by FA.