Optical Coherence Tomography Appearance of Macular Abnormalities in High Myopia

Abstract

Aim: To describe the features of macular abnormalities in high myopic eyes using spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT).

Patients and Methods: A prospective cross-sectional study was conducted at Makkah Eye Complex, Khartoum, Sudan in period from October 2014 to May 2015.One hundredthirty two eyes of sixty sixyoung Sudanese with high myopiawere included in the study and they were complaining of diminution of vision. The study was approved by the ethical committee of Scientific Research Deanship at Alneelain University, then inform consent was gave for each patient before clinical examination. Patients were informed that the participation was entirely voluntary. OCT examination for the macula was done using Cirrus HD-OCT- Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc.