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. 2023 May 26;13:8572. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-35080-0

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Single case analysis shows monotonic association between choriocapillaris (CC) flow deficits (FDs) features and neovascular growth patterns in half of the region of interest. (A) En face choriocapillaris (CC) image was obtained using swept-source optical coherence tomography angiography. (B) False-colored CC flow deficits (FDs, red) were overlapped with macular neovascularization (MNV) segmentation (white), and its respective centroid (yellow asterisk) at the first visit. (C) Overlapping CC FDs (red) with MVN segmentation over follow-up (first visit, yellow; second visit, green) shows growth within a range of 600 μm (cyan) from MNV limits at the first visit. (D) The plot of FD features (FD average size and FD percentage) and MNV patterns show a monotonic tendency between neovascular growth patterns and FD features within part of the image (0º–180º). Statistical analysis disclosed a very weak correlation between MNV growth and FD average size (τ = 0.04, p = 0.52) and a weak correlation between MNV growth and FD % (τ = 0.13, p = 0.40).