Predictive multi-imaging biomarkers relevant for visual acuity in idiopathic macular telangiectasis type 1

To evaluate the structural changes associated with visual acuity (VA) in patients with idiopathic macular telangiectasia (MT) type 1 using multimodal imaging modalities. A retrospective study of 14 patients with MT type 1 and of 10 eyes from 10 healthy individuals as age-matched controls was conducted. The medical records of patients who had undergone colour fundus photography, spectral domain optical coherence tomography (OCT), fluorescein angiography and OCT angiography were reviewed. Central macular thickness (CMT), the areas of macular oedema and ellipsoid zone (EZ) disruption, EZ length, disorganization of the retinal inner layers (DRIL) and external limiting membrane (ELM) disruption, as measured by spectral domain OCT; and vascular density and the foveal avascular zones (FAZ) of the superficial capillary plexus (SCP) and deep capillary plexus (DCP), as measured by OCT angiography, were assessed in MT type 1 eyes and correlated with VA. The mean baseline best-corrected VA of MT type 1 eyes was 0.45 ± 0.28. The mean CMT was 385.19 ± 75.21 μm in MT type 1 eyes and 252.43 ± 15.77 μm in contralateral eyes (Z = - 4.113, p