Comparison of the Clinical Diagnosis of Diabetic Macular Edema with Diagnosis by Retinal Thickness Analyzer.

Park, Hyung Ju; Shin, Sun Young; Kim, Joon Hyun

Original Article

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 2005;46(8):1299-1304.
Published online August 31, 2005.

Comparison of the Clinical Diagnosis of Diabetic Macular Edema with Diagnosis by Retinal Thickness Analyzer.

Hyung Ju Park, Sun Young Shin, Joon Hyun Kim

Department of Ophthalmology, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. joshua115@hanyang.ac.kr

당뇨황반부종의 임상진단과 망막두께분석기의 비교

박형주,신선영,김준현

Department of Ophthalmology, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Correspondence: Hyung-Ju Park, M.D.

Abstract

PURPOSE
To evaluate the correlation between diabetic macular edema diagnosed with stereoscopic slit-lamp and retinal thickness analyzer (RTA). METHODS: Diabetic macular edema diagnosed with stereoscopic slit-lamp was compared to indices of RTA in 50 eyes of 32 persons which were diagnosed clinically with diabetic retinopathy. RESULTS: From stereoscopic slit-lamp results, diabetic macular edema was present in 39 of 50 eyes, and absent in 11 of 50. Foveal average thickness out of the RTA indices was 209.7+/-58.5 micrometer from observing diabetic macular edema clinically and 199.4+/-47.3 micrometer from not observing diabetic macular edema clinically. Statistically significant differences were found in average foveal thickness between the 2 groups (p=0.013). CONCLUSIONS: RTA appears to serve as a useful and sensitive tool for the diagnosis of diabetic macular edema.

Key Words: Diabetic retinopathy;Diabetic macular edema;Foveal average thickness;Retinal thickness analyzer (RTA)