RETINA
ANOMALIES OF CHOROIDAL VENOUS STRUCTURE IN HIGHLY MYOPIC EYES
To identify anomalies of choroidal venous structure in highly myopic (HM) eyes.
Methods:
Widefield indocyanine green angiographic images of 175 HM eyes (refractive error ≤ –6.0D diopters or axial length >26.5 mm) and 100 control eyes taken between January 2014 and December 2018 were reviewed.
Results:
There were no significant differences in age and gender between HM patients and controls. Three types of changes of large choroidal veins were found in 103 HM eyes (58.86%): Asymmetry of vortex veins in 44 eyes (25.14%), isolated long vein across the macula in 58 eyes (33.14%), and intervortex anastomoses in 25 eyes (14.29%). Similar changes in controls were found in 12 eyes (12%), 0 eye (0%), and 2 eyes (2%), respectively, which were significantly lower than those in the HM group (all P