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  • Pediatric Sickle Cell OCT Macular Thinning and Vessel Density Loss

    Dec 22 2025 by Elizabeth Ciociola Kelly, MD

    Examples images from right eye of a 13-year-old patient with HbSS. A. Areas of flow loss observed in the superficial capillary plexus and (B) deep capillary plexus temporal to fovea on OCT-A (yellow arrows). Retinal temporal thinning is demonstrated (C) on cross-sectional OCT (yellow arrow) and (D) retinal thickness map (yellow arrow).

    Condition/keywords: inner retinal thinning, macula, OCT, OCTA, optical coherence tomography, pediatric, sickle cell, Vessel density