AIM: To evaluate choroidal thickness, medium choroidal vessel thickness(MCVT) and large choroidal vessel thickness(LCVT) in normal children and adult subjects.METHODS: Manual measurements of subfoveal choroidal ...AIM: To evaluate choroidal thickness, medium choroidal vessel thickness(MCVT) and large choroidal vessel thickness(LCVT) in normal children and adult subjects.METHODS: Manual measurements of subfoveal choroidal thickness(SFCT), MCVT and LCVT at subfoveal and 750 μm nasal and temporal to fovea locations were completed on enhanced-depth imaging optical coherence tomography(EDI-OCT) scans of normal children and adult subjects.RESULTS: Fifty adult and fifty-seven child subjects were included in the study(including 80 adult and 103 child eyes). Mean(±SD) SFCT of adult and children eyes in the study was 309.3±95.7 μm and 279.3±50.4 μm respectively. SFCT and subfoveal MCVT in adult eyes were significantly more than children(P=0.01 and P≤0.0001 respectively).CONCLUSION: There is choroidal thickening with associated thickening of medium choroidal vessels in adults, suggesting that there is alteration in choroidal vasculature with ageing.展开更多
文摘AIM: To evaluate choroidal thickness, medium choroidal vessel thickness(MCVT) and large choroidal vessel thickness(LCVT) in normal children and adult subjects.METHODS: Manual measurements of subfoveal choroidal thickness(SFCT), MCVT and LCVT at subfoveal and 750 μm nasal and temporal to fovea locations were completed on enhanced-depth imaging optical coherence tomography(EDI-OCT) scans of normal children and adult subjects.RESULTS: Fifty adult and fifty-seven child subjects were included in the study(including 80 adult and 103 child eyes). Mean(±SD) SFCT of adult and children eyes in the study was 309.3±95.7 μm and 279.3±50.4 μm respectively. SFCT and subfoveal MCVT in adult eyes were significantly more than children(P=0.01 and P≤0.0001 respectively).CONCLUSION: There is choroidal thickening with associated thickening of medium choroidal vessels in adults, suggesting that there is alteration in choroidal vasculature with ageing.