A Pilot Study of Subclinical Non-Capillary Peripapillary Perfusion Changes in Thyroid-Related Orbitopathy Detected Using Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography.
Alexander PinhasJorge S Andrade RomoGiselle LynchDavis B ZhouMaria V CastanosPhillip A TenzelOscar Otero-MarquezShoshana YakubovaAlexander BarashDavid Della RoccaRobert Della RoccaToco Y P ChuiRichard B RosenHarsha S ReddyPublished in: Clinical ophthalmology (Auckland, N.Z.) (2022)
These findings may represent decreased blood flow and subclinical ischemia to the optic nerve. We discuss possible pathogenic mechanisms of thyroid-related vasculopathy, including vessel wall thickening due to immunologically-induced media enlargement.