MULTIMODAL ASSESSMENTS OF DRUSENOID PIGMENT EPITHELIAL DETACHMENTS IN THE AGE-RELATED EYE DISEASE STUDY 2 ANCILLARY SPECTRAL-DOMAIN OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY STUDY COHORT : RETINA

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MULTIMODAL ASSESSMENTS OF DRUSENOID PIGMENT EPITHELIAL DETACHMENTS IN THE AGE-RELATED EYE DISEASE STUDY 2 ANCILLARY SPECTRAL-DOMAIN OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY STUDY COHORT

Thavikulwat, Alisa T. MD*; De Silva, Tharindu PhD*; Agrón, Elvira MA*; Keenan, Tiarnan D. L. BM BCh, PhD*; Toth, Cynthia A. MD; Chew, Emily Y. MD*; Cukras, Catherine A. MD, PhD*;  for the Age-Related Eye Disease Study 2 Ancillary Spectral Domain Optical Coherence Tomography Study Group

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Retina 42(5):p 842-851, May 2022. | DOI: 10.1097/IAE.0000000000003423

Purpose: 

To identify features correlating with drusenoid pigment epithelial detachment (DPED) progression in the Age-Related Eye Disease Study 2 Ancillary spectral-domain optical coherence tomography study cohort.

Methods: 

In this retrospective analysis of a prospective longitudinal study, eyes with intermediate age-related macular degeneration and DPEDs were followed longitudinally with annual multimodal imaging.

Results: 

Thirty-one eyes of 25 participants (mean age 72.6 years) in the Age-Related Eye Disease Study 2 Ancillary spectral-domain OCT substudy (A2A study) had DPED identified in color fundus images. Spectral-domain optical coherence tomography inspection confirmed a subretinal pigment epithelium drusenoid elevation of ≥433 µm diameter in 25 eyes (80.6%). Twenty-four of these eyes were followed longitudinally (median 4.0 years), during which 7 eyes (29.2%) underwent DPED collapse (with 3/7 further progressing to geographic atrophy), 6 (25.0%) developing neovascular age-related macular degeneration, and 11 (45.8%) maintaining DPED persistence without late age-related macular degeneration. On Kaplan–Meier analysis, mean time to DPED collapse was 3.9 years. Both DPED collapse and progression to neovascular age-related macular degeneration were preceded by the presence of hyperreflective foci over the DPED.

Conclusion: 

The natural history of DPED comprises collapse (sometimes followed by the development of atrophy), vascularization followed by exudation, or DPED persistence. Spectral-domain optical coherence tomography can confirm retinal pigment epithelial elevation caused by drusenoid accumulation and facilitate the identification of high-risk features that correlate with progression.

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