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12 Retina and Vitreous




2023 - 2024

Basic and Clinical
Science Course "



Editorial Committee
Stephen J. Kim, MD, Chair
Amani Fawzi, MD
Jaclyn L. Kovach, MD
Shriji Patel, MD, MBA
Franco M. Recchia, MD
Lucia Sobrin, MD, MPH
Jennifer K. Sun, MD, MPH
Charles C. Wykoff, MD, PhD

,12 Retina and Vitreous
Last major revision 2022–2023




2023–2024
BCSCBasic and Clinical
Science Course™
Funded in part by the Educational Trust
Fund/Retina Research Foundation




Published after collaborative
review with the European Board
of Ophthalmology subcommittee

, The American Academy of Ophthalmology is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Con-
tinuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The American Academy of Ophthalmology designates this enduring material for a maximum of


15 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits . Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with
the extent of their participation in the activity.

CME expiration date: June 1, 2025. AMA PRA Category 1 Credits
June 1, 2022, and the expiration date.
™ may be claimed only once between
®
BCSC volumes are designed to increase the physician’s ophthalmic knowledge through study and
review. Users of this activity are encouraged to read the text and then answer the study questions
provided at the back of the book.


To claim AMA PRA Category 1 Credits upon completion of this activity, learners must demon-
strate appropriate knowledge and participation in the activity by taking the posttest for Section 12
and achieving a score of 80% or higher. For further details, please see the instructions for requesting
CME credit at the back of the book.
The Academy provides this material for educational purposes only. It is not intended to represent
the only or best method or procedure in every case, nor to replace a physician’s own judgment or
give specific advice for case management. Including all indications, contraindications, side effects,
and alternative agents for each drug or treatment is beyond the scope of this material. All informa-
tion and recommendations should be verified, prior to use, with current information included in the
manufacturers’ package inserts or other independent sources, and considered in light of the patient’s
condition and history. Reference to certain drugs, instruments, and other products in this course is
made for illustrative purposes only and is not intended to constitute an endorsement of such. Some
material may include information on applications that are not considered community standard, that re-
flect indications not included in approved FDA labeling, or that are approved for use only in restricted
research settings. The FDA has stated that it is the responsibility of the physician to determine
the FDA status of each drug or device he or she wishes to use, and to use them with appropriate,
informed patient consent in compliance with applicable law. The Academy specifically disclaims
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THALMOLOGY WORLD NEWS; PREFERRED PRACTICE PATTERN; PROTECTING SIGHT.
EMPOWERING LIVES.; THE OPHTHALMIC NEWS AND EDUCATION NETWORK.

Cover image: From BCSC Section 9, Uveitis and Ocular Inflammation. Image courtesy of Sam
S. Dahr, MD, MS.




Copyright © 2023 American Academy of Ophthalmology. All rights reserved. No part of
this publication may be reproduced without written permission.

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,Basic and Clinical Science Course

Christopher J. Rapuano, MD, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Se­nior Secretary for Clinical Education




J. Timothy Stout, MD, PhD, MBA, Houston, Texas
Secretary for Lifelong Learning and Assessment




Colin A. McCannel, MD, Los Angeles, California
BCSC Course Chair




Section 12

Faculty for the Major Revision

Stephen J. Kim, MD
Franco M. Recchia, MD
Chair
Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville, Tennessee



Amani Fawzi, MD Lucia Sobrin, MD, MPH
Chicago, Illinois Boston, Massachusetts




Jaclyn L. Kovach, MD Jennifer K. Sun, MD, MPH
Naples, Florida Boston, Massachusetts




Shriji Patel, MD, MBA Charles C. Wykoff, MD, PhD
Nashville, Tennessee Houston, Texas

,The Acad­emy acknowledges the American Society of Ret­ina Specialists (ASRS), the Macula
Society, and the Ret­ina Society for recommending faculty members to the BCSC Section 12
committee.
The Acad­emy also acknowledges the following committees for review of this edition:
Committee on Aging: Christopher R. Henry, MD, Houston, Texas
Vision Rehabilitation Committee: Linda A. Lam, MD, MBA, Los Angeles, California
BCSC Resident/Fellow Reviewers: Sharon L. Jick, MD, Chair, St Louis, Missouri; Sunil Bel-
lur, MD; Gordon S. Crabtree, MD; Maria Paula Fernandez, MD; Michael J. Heiferman,
MD; Hong-­Uyen Hua, MD; Hong-­Gam T. Le, MD; Danny Mammo, MD; Archana Nair,
MD; Daniel J. Oh, MD; Ivy Zhu, MD
Practicing Ophthalmologists Advisory Committee for Education: Gaurav K. Shah, MD, Pri-
mary Reviewer, Town and Country, Missouri; Cynthia S. Chiu, MD, Oakland, California;
George S. Ellis Jr, MD, New Orleans, Louisiana; Bradley D. Fouraker, MD, Tampa, Florida;
Philip R. Rizzuto, MD, Providence, Rhode Island; Rosa A. Tang, MD, MPH, MBA, Hous-
ton, Texas; Troy M. Tanji, MD, Waipahu, Hawaii; Michelle S. Ying, MD, Ladson, South
Carolina
In addition, the Acad­emy acknowledges the following committee for assistance in devel-
oping Study Questions and Answers for this BCSC Section:
Resident Self-­Assessment Committee: Evan L. Waxman, MD, PhD, Chair, Pittsburgh, Penn-
sylvania; Robert A. Beaulieu, MD, Southfield, Michigan; Benjamin W. Botsford, MD, New
York, New York; Olga M. Ceron, MD, Grafton, Mas­sa­chu­setts; Kevin Halenda, MD, Cleve-
land, Ohio; Amanda D. Henderson, MD, Baltimore, Mary­land; Andrew M. Hendrick, MD,
Atlanta, Georgia; Joshua Hendrix, MD, Dalton, Georgia; Matthew B. Kaufman, MD, Port-
land, Oregon; Zachary A. Koretz, MD, MPH, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Kevin E. Lai, MD,
Indianapolis, Indiana; Kenneth C. Lao, MD, ­Temple, Texas; Yasha S. Modi, MD, New York,
New York; Mark E. Robinson, MD, MPH, Columbia, South Carolina; Jamie B. Rosen-
berg, MD, New York, New York; Tahira M. Scholle, MD, Houston, Texas; Ann Shue, MD,
Sunnyvale, California; Jeong-­Hyeon Sohn, MD, Shavano Park, Texas; Misha F. Syed, MD,
League City, Texas; Parisa Taravati, MD, Seattle, Washington; Sarah Van Tassel, MD, New
York, New York; Matthew S. Wieder, MD, Scarsdale, New York; Jules A. Winokur, MD,
­Great Neck, New York




Eu­ro­pean Board of Ophthalmology: Lotte Welinder, MD, Liaison, Aalborg, Denmark; Katja
Christina Schielke, MBBS, Aalborg, Denmark

Financial Disclosures
Acad­emy staff members who contributed to the development of this product state that
within the 24 months prior to their contributions to this CME activity and for the dura-
tion of development, they have had no financial interest in or other relationship with any
entity that produces, markets, resells, or distributes health care goods or ser­vices con-
sumed by or used in patients.

,The authors and reviewers state that within the 24 months prior to their contributions
to this CME activity and for the duration of development, they have had the following
financial relationships:*
Dr Fouraker: Addition Technology (C, L), AJL Ophthalmic, SA (C, L), Alcon (C, L),
OASIS Medical (C, L)
Dr Fawzi: Bayer (L), Boehringer Ingelheim (C), Novartis (C), Regeneron Phar­ma­ceu­ti­cals
(C), Roche (C)
Dr Henry: Aldeyra Therapeutics (C), Alimera Sciences (C), ­Castle Biosciences (C), Clear-
side Biomedical (C), Lexitas (C)
Dr Kovach: Novartis (L), Regeneron Phar­ma­ceu­ti­cals (L)
Dr Lai: Twenty/Twenty Therapeutics (C)
Dr Lam: Ocutrx (C)
Dr Modi: Alimera Sciences (C), Allergan (C), Carl Zeiss (C), Genentech (C), Novartis (C),
Théa Laboratories (C)
Dr Patel: Alcon (S)
Dr Recchia: Adverum Biotechnologies (S), Astellas Pharma (S), Chengdu Kanghong (S),
Genentech (S), Kodiak Sciences (S), Mylan (S), Novartis (S), Regeneron Phar­ma­ceu­ti­cals
(S), REGENXBIO (S)
Dr Robinson: Horizon Therapeutics (O)
Dr Shah: Allergan (C, L, S), Bausch + Lomb (L), DORC Dutch Ophthalmic Research Cen-
ter (International) BV (S), Regeneron Phar­ma­ceu­ti­cals (C, L, S)
Dr Sobrin: Novartis (C), Santen (C)
Dr Sun: Adaptive Sensory Technology (S), Boehringer Ingelheim (S), Boston Micro-
machines (S), Genentech (S), JAMA Ophthalmology (C), KalVista Phar­ma­ceu­ti­cals (S),
Merck (C), Novartis (C, S), Novo Nordisk (C, S), Optovue (S), Regeneron Phar­ma­ceu­ti­
cals (S), Roche (C, S)
Dr Tang: EMD Serono (L), Horizon Therapeutics (C, S), Immunovant (S), Novartis (S),
Quark Phar­ma­ceu­ti­cals (C, S), Regenera Pharma (S), Sanofi (L), ZEISS (L)
Dr Van Tassel: AbbVie (C), Aerie Phar­ma­ceu­ti­cals (C), Allergan (C), Bausch + Lomb (C),
Carl Zeiss Meditec (C), Equinox (C), New World Medical (C, L)
Dr Wykoff: AbbVie (C), Acucela (C), Adverum Biotechnologies (C, S), Aerie Phar­ma­ceu­ti­
cals (C, S), Aerpio Phar­ma­ceu­ti­cals (C, S), Alcon (C, S), Aldeyra (S), Alimera Sciences (C, S),
Alkahest (S), Allegro Ophthalmics (C, S), Allergan (C, L, S), Apellis (C, S), AsclepiX Thera-
peutics (S), Astellas Pharma (S), Bausch + Lomb (C), Bayer (C, S), Boehringer Ingelheim (S),
* C = con­sul­tant fee, paid advisory boards, or fees for attending a meeting; E = employed by or received
a W2 from a commercial com­pany; L = lecture fees or honoraria, travel fees or reimbursements when
speaking at the invitation of a commercial com­pany; O = equity own­ership/stock options in publicly or
privately traded firms, excluding mutual funds; P = patents and/or royalties for intellectual property;
S = grant support or other financial support to the investigator from all sources, including research sup-
port from government agencies, foundations, device manufacturers, and/or phar­ma­ceu­ti­cal companies

,Chengdu Kanghong (C, S), Clearside Biomedical (C, S), EyePoint Phar­ma­ceu­ti­cals (C),
Gemini Therapeutics (S), Genentech (C, S), Graybug Vision (S), Gyroscope (C, S), Ionis
Phar­ma­ceu­ti­cals (S), Iveric Bio (C, S), Kato Phar­ma­ceu­ti­cals (C), Kodiak Sciences (C, S),
Merck (C), Nanoscope (S), Neurotech (S), NGM Biopharmaceuticals (C, S), Notal Vision
(C), Novartis (C, S), OccuRx (C), Ocular Therapeutix (C), OHR Phar­ma­ceu­ti­cals (S), ONL
Therapeutics (C), Ophthotech Corporation (S), Opthea (C, S), Outlook Therapeutics (S),
Oxurion (C, S), Palatin (C), PolyPhotonix (C), RecensMedical (C, O, S), Regeneron Phar­
ma­ceu­ti­cals (C, L, S), RegenxBio (C, S), Roche (C, S), SamChunDang Pharm (S), Samsung
(S), Santen (C, S), SciFluor Life Sciences (S), Senju Phar­ma­ceu­ti­cal Co, Ltd (S), Takeda (C),
Théa Open Innovation (C), ThromboGenics (S), Tyrogenex (S), Valo Health (C), Visgenx
(O), Vitranu (C), Xbrane Biopharma (S)
All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated.
The other authors and reviewers state that within the 24 months prior to their contribu-
tions to this CME activity and for the duration of development, they have had no financial
interest in or other relationship with any entity that produces, markets, resells, or distrib-
utes health care goods or ser­vices consumed by or used in patients.

Recent Past Faculty
Audina M. Berrocal, MD
Graham E. Holder, PhD
Brian C. Leonard, MD
Colin A. McCannel, MD
Richard B. Rosen, MD
Richard F. Spaide, MD
In addition, the Acad­emy gratefully acknowledges the contributions of numerous past
faculty and advisory committee members who have played an impor­tant role in the devel-
opment of previous editions of the Basic and Clinical Science Course.

American Acad­emy of Ophthalmology Staff
Dale E. Fajardo, EdD, MBA, Vice President, Education
Beth Wilson, Director, Continuing Professional Development
Denise Evenson, Director, Brand & Creative
Susan Malloy, Acquisitions and Development Man­ag­er
Stephanie Tanaka, Publications Man­ag­er
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Jasmine Chen, Man­ag­er, E-­Learning
Sarah Page, Online Education & Licensing Man­ag­er
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Beth Collins, Medical Editor
Eric Gerdes, Interactive Designer
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Debra Marchi, Administrative Assistant

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,Contents

Introduction to the BCSC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvii
Introduction to Section 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xix

Objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

PART I Fundamentals and Diagnostic
Approaches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1 Basic Anatomy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Highlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Vitreous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Neurosensory Ret­ina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Ret­i­nal Topography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Ret­i­nal Layers and Neurosensory Ele­ments . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Ret­i­nal Vasculature and Oxygen Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Ret­i­nal Pigment Epithelium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Bruch Membrane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Choroid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Sclera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

2 Diagnostic Approach to Ret­i­nal
and Choroidal Disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Highlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Ophthalmoscopy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Examination With the Binocular Indirect Ophthalmoscope . . . . . . 22
Indirect Ophthalmoscopy With the Slit Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Imaging Technologies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Fundus Camera Imaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Scanning ­Laser Ophthalmoscopy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Optical Coherence Tomography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Fundus Autofluorescence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Adaptive Optics Imaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Ret­i­nal Angiographic Techniques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Ultrasonography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

3 Ret­i­nal Physiology and Psychophysics . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Highlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Electrophysiologic Testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43


vii

,viii ● Contents

Electroretinography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Full-­Field (Ganzfeld) Electroretinography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Multifocal Electroretinography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Pattern Electroretinography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Clinical Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Electro-­oculography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Visual Evoked Potentials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Microperimetry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Psychophysical Testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Color Vision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Contrast Sensitivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Dark Adaptometry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

PART II Diseases of the Ret­ina and Vitreous . . . . . . 63
4 Age-­Related Macular Degeneration and
Other ­Causes of Choroidal Neovascularization . . . . . . 65
Highlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Age-­Related Macular Degeneration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Ge­ne­tics and AMD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Nonneovascular AMD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Neovascular AMD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Other C
­ auses of Choroidal Neovascularization . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Ocular Histoplasmosis Syndrome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Angioid Streaks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Pathologic Myopia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Idiopathic CNV and Miscellaneous ­Causes of CNV . . . . . . . . . 97

5 Diabetic Retinopathy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Highlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Terminology and Classification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Diabetes Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Diabetic Retinopathy Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Epidemiology of Diabetic Retinopathy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Pathogenesis of Diabetic Retinopathy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Recommended Diabetes Mellitus–­Related
Ophthalmic Examinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Systemic Medical Management of Diabetic Retinopathy . . . . . . . . . 104
Nonproliferative Diabetic Retinopathy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Treatment of Nonproliferative Diabetic Retinopathy . . . . . . . . 111
Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Management of Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy
and Its Complications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Additional Vision-­Threatening Complications
of Diabetic Retinopathy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

, Contents ● ix

Diabetic Macular Edema . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Classification of Diabetic Macular Edema . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Management of Diabetic Macular Edema . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Cataract Surgery in Patients With Diabetes Mellitus . . . . . . . . . . 128

6 Ret­i­nal Vascular Diseases Associated With
Cardiovascular Disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Highlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Systemic Arterial Hypertension and Associated Ocular
Diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Hypertensive Retinopathy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Hypertensive Choroidopathy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Hypertensive Optic Neuropathy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Ret­i­nal Venous Occlusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Overview of Ret­i­nal Venous Occlusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Branch Ret­in ­ al Vein Occlusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Central Ret­i­nal Vein Occlusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Ocular Ischemic Syndrome and Retinopathy
of Carotid Occlusive Disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Symptoms and Signs of OIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Etiology and Course of OIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Treatment of OIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Arterial Occlusive Disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Cotton-­Wool Spots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Branch Ret­in ­ al Artery Occlusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Central Ret­i­nal Artery Occlusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Cilioret­i­nal Artery Occlusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Ophthalmic Artery Occlusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Paracentral Acute M ­ iddle Maculopathy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Arterial Macroaneurysms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

7 Other Ret­i­nal Vascular Diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Highlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Sickle Cell Disease and Retinopathy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Sickle Cell Disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Stages of Sickle Cell Retinopathy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Nonproliferative Sickle Cell Retinopathy . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Proliferative Sickle Cell Retinopathy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Other Ocular Abnormalities in Sickle Cell Hemoglobinopathies . . . 171
Management of Sickle Cell Retinopathy and Its Complications . . . . 174
Vasculitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Cystoid Macular Edema . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Etiologies of CME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Treatment of CME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Coats Disease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Coats-­like Reaction in Other Ret­i­nal Conditions . . . . . . . . . . 179

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