ECTRIMS 2022 | OCT-A: a diagnostic tool in multiple sclerosis

Celia Oreja-Guevara, MD, PhD, University Hospital San Carlos, Madrid, Spain, describes the significance
optical coherence tomography angiography (OCT-A) in multiple sclerosis (MS). OCT-A s a new imaging method used to quantify retinal vascular density in neurodegenerative and inflammatory diseases, but there are very few reports using OCT-A in patients with MS. A pilot study was conducted to investigate vascular changes and vessel density detected by OCT-A in MS patients with and without neuritis. It was observed that patients with optic neuritis had alterations and less vascularization in the retina compared to patients without previous neuritis. OCT-A is an important tool to assess the retinal vascular network, and retinal vessel density could represent a novel early biomarker to monitor the MS burden. This interview took place at the European Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis (ECTRIMS) Congress 2022 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

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