Optical coherence tomography of peripheral retinal lesions in enucleated human eye specimens with histologic correlation

Purpose To report optical coherence tomography (OCT) histologic correlations of three common peripheral retinal lesions and to explore the feasibility of the use of OCT to image retinal pathologic conditions in fixed tissue specimens. Design Experimental study. Methods We studied peripheral retinal...

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Main Author: Ghazi, Nicola G. (author)
Other Authors: Dibernardo, Cathy (author), Ying, Howard (author), Mori, Keisuke (author), Gehlbach, Peter L. (author)
Format: article
Published: 2006
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10725/10813
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajo.2005.10.058
http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.php
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0002939406000456
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Summary:Purpose To report optical coherence tomography (OCT) histologic correlations of three common peripheral retinal lesions and to explore the feasibility of the use of OCT to image retinal pathologic conditions in fixed tissue specimens. Design Experimental study. Methods We studied peripheral retinal lesions that were available to us in 11 formalin-fixed caps of seven human eyes that had been enucleated previously for choroidal melanoma. OCT scans were performed through these lesions, and the images were correlated with corresponding histologic sections. Results Three peripheral retinal diseases that included cystoid degeneration, localized retinal detachment, and paving stone degeneration were imaged successfully, and their optical characteristics correlated well with their histologic data. Conclusion We explored potential utility for OCT imaging of peripheral retinal pathologic conditions in fixed tissue specimens. That these OCT images correlate with findings from histologic sections suggests a possible role for OCT in the eye pathology laboratory.