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Retinal vascular density evaluation of migraine patients with and without aura and association with white matter hyperintensities

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Underlying pathophysiological mechanism of migraine is not all clear; however, recent reports suggested that neurovascular system is involved. We aimed to evaluate the retinal vessel densities of migraine patients with and without aura and the associations with white matter hyperintensities (WMH), using optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA). We recruited 28 migraine with aura (MWA) patients, 26 migraine without aura (MWO) and age and sex-matched 34 healthy controls in our study. All participants were evaluated with optical coherence tomography (OCT) and OCTA for optic nerve parameters and retinal vessel densities with RTVue XR AVANTI. On macular OCTA, superficial and deeper retinal foveal vessel density (VD) were significantly lesser in MWA and MWO than controls. On optic nerve OCTA, whole optic disc, peripapillary, superior hemisphere, superior layer and temporal layer VD were significantly lesser in MWA and MWO. In group of MWA with the WMH, deeper foveal VD and superior hemisphere VD, average RNFL, superior hemisphere and superior layer were significantly lesser and also foveal avascular zone was significantly larger than the group of without WMH. Alterations of VD in patients with migraine are showed in our study. In addition, in group of MWA these alterations have associations with WMH. Supporting these findings with further reports can be useful to understand the pathophysiology of this disease.

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  1. Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Konya Research Hospital, Başkent University, 42000, Konya, Turkey

    Mahmut Oğuz Ulusoy & Ali Kal

  2. Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Konya Research Hospital, Başkent University, Konya, Turkey

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Ulusoy, M.O., Horasanlı, B. & Kal, A. Retinal vascular density evaluation of migraine patients with and without aura and association with white matter hyperintensities. Acta Neurol Belg 119, 411–417 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13760-019-01094-7

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