Retinal vascular assessment in psoriatic patients with and without metabolic syndrome using optical coherence tomography angiography.

To evaluate the retinal vasculature in psoriasis patients and detect if metabolic syndrome is an additional risk factor. This cross-sectional analytic study was carried out on 80 eyes of 80 subjects; 28 eyes with psoriasis only (PS group), 12 eyes with additional metabolic syndrome to psoriasis (PMS group) and 40 eyes healthy controls (HS). The retinal capillary plexuses were evaluated by OCTA.