Ocular surface angiography: from neovessels to neoplasia.

BMJ Open Ophthalmol

Department of Ophthalmology, Medizinische Universitat Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.

Published: August 2021

The ocular surface vascular system plays a key role in corneal and conjunctival inflammatory, infectious and neoplastic pathology. Angiographic vessel analysis using intravenous dyes and optical coherence tomography technology allow both the quantitative and functional assessment of conjunctival vasculature and corneal neovessels. Based on a thorough understanding of vascular alterations in ocular surface disease, angiographic assessment facilitates the clinical management of corneal neovascularisation, the grading of ocular surface inflammation and the identification of tumour angiogenesis in dysplastic or malignant lesions. This review summarises key aspects of the clinical application of corneal and conjunctival angiography as presented at the 2021 virtual Bowman Club meeting.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8378387PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjophth-2021-000829DOI Listing

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