Avaliação estrutural do polo posterior em pacientes com doença de Behçet / Structural evaluation of posterior pole in patients with Behçet's disease

OBJETIVO: Avaliar achados demográficos, de exame ocular, alterações vasculares e estruturais por meio de angiografias com fluoresceína e indocianina verde e de tomografia de coerência óptica em retina e coroide em pacientes com doença de Behçet com controle clínico. MÉTODO: Revisão de prontuários de 16 pacientes com doença de Behçet em fase inativa da doença. Foram submetidos a exame oftalmológico, angiografias com fluoresceína e indocianina e tomografia de coerência óptica e divididos em dois grupos de acordo com o tempo de doença. RESULTADOS: Avaliou-se 13 pacientes do sexo feminino e 3 do sexo masculino. Os principais achados de exame ocular foram estreitamento vascular, catarata, atrofia do disco óptico e membrana epirretiniana macular. Sessenta e dois e meio por cento dos pacientes estavam com acuidade visual igual ou melhor que 0,1. Os principais achados na angiografia com fluoresceína foram vazamento capilar e impregnação da parede vascular, na angiografia com indocianina verde foram lesões hipofluorescentes bem definidas e na tomografia de coerência óptica foram membrana epirretiniana e atrofia retiniana. Analisando a acuidade visual, não se encontrou diferença estatística entre os parâmetros de sexo, tempo de doença, presença de edema retiniano na tomografia de coerência óptica ou na angiografia com fluoresceína. O aumento da espessura macular não se correlacionou positivamente com a idade, tempo de doença ou com a acuidade visual. O encontro de afinamento vascular na angiografia com fluoresceína correlacionou-se com maior duração da doença (p=0,033). Os demais achados dos exames não se correlacionaram com o tempo de doença. CONCLUSÃO: Os exames de angiografias com fluoresceína e indocianina verde e tomografia de coerência óptica fornecem dados importantes do acometimento do polo posterior na doença de Behçet. Apesar do aparente controle clínico, esses exames podem evidenciar atividade inflamatória persistente, a qual ocasiona progressão da perda visual e significante número de pacientes com cegueira legal.

PURPOSE: To evaluate demographic findings, ocular manifestations, vascular and morphological changes by fluorescein and indocyanine green angiography and optical coherence tomography of retina and choroid in cases of ocular Behçet's disease. METHODS: Medical records were reviewed to obtain data from 16 patients with Behçet's disease who were in inactive phase. All patients underwent ophthalmic examination, simultaneous fluorescein and indocyanine green angiography and optical coherence tomography. They were also divided into two groups according to disease duration. RESULTS: Thirteen females and three males were evaluated. The main findings of ocular exams were narrowing of vessels, cataract, atrophy of the optic disc and macular epiretinal membrane. 62.5 percent had visual acuity equal to or better than 0.1. The main findings of fluorescein angiography were capillary leak and impregnation of the vascular wall. The most important findings of indocyanine green angiography were hypofluorescent well defined lesions. The main findings of optical coherence tomography were macular epiretinal membrane and retinal atrophy. Analyzing the visual acuity, no statistical correlation was found between gender, disease duration or presence of retinal edema in fluorescein angiography or optical coherence tomography. The increase in macular thickness was not correlated positively with patient age, disease duration or with the visual acuity. Vascular narrowing seen on fluorescein angiography was correlated with longer duration of illness (p=0.033). The remaining test findings were not correlated with disease duration. CONCLUSION: Fluorescein and indocyanine green angiography and optical coherence tomography are valuable tools to assess the posterior pole in Behçet's disease. Despite the apparent clinical control, these tests may show persistent inflammatory activity, which causes progression of visual loss and a significant number of patients with legal blindness.

[Structural evaluation of posterior pole in patients with Behçet's disease]. / Avaliação estrutural do polo posterior em pacientes com doença de Behçet.

PURPOSE: To evaluate demographic findings, ocular manifestations, vascular and morphological changes by fluorescein and indocyanine green angiography and optical coherence tomography of retina and choroid in cases of ocular Behçet's disease. METHODS: Medical records were reviewed to obtain data from 16 patients with Behçet's disease who were in inactive phase. All patients underwent ophthalmic examination, simultaneous fluorescein and indocyanine green angiography and optical coherence tomography. They were also divided into two groups according to disease duration. RESULTS: Thirteen females and three males were evaluated. The main findings of ocular exams were narrowing of vessels, cataract, atrophy of the optic disc and macular epiretinal membrane. 62.5% had visual acuity equal to or better than 0.1. The main findings of fluorescein angiography were capillary leak and impregnation of the vascular wall. The most important findings of indocyanine green angiography were hypofluorescent well defined lesions. The main findings of optical coherence tomography were macular epiretinal membrane and retinal atrophy. Analyzing the visual acuity, no statistical correlation was found between gender, disease duration or presence of retinal edema in fluorescein angiography or optical coherence tomography. The increase in macular thickness was not correlated positively with patient age, disease duration or with the visual acuity. Vascular narrowing seen on fluorescein angiography was correlated with longer duration of illness (p=0.033). The remaining test findings were not correlated with disease duration. CONCLUSION: Fluorescein and indocyanine green angiography and optical coherence tomography are valuable tools to assess the posterior pole in Behçet's disease. Despite the apparent clinical control, these tests may show persistent inflammatory activity, which causes progression of visual loss and a significant number of patients with legal blindness.