The Role of Angiogenesis Factors in the Formation of Vascular Changes in Scleroderma by Assessment of the Concentrations of VEGF and sVEGFR2 in Blood Serum and Tear Fluid
Table 2
Characteristics of vascular changes of the eye fundus and the presence of peripheral trophic changes in patients with scleroderma.
Vascular changes of the eye fundus
Number of eyes in SSc patients group
Fingers ulcerations
lSSc ()
dSSc ()
SSc ()
Observed (number of patients)
Not observed (number of patients)
AMD (soft drusen and window defects of retinal pigment epithelium)
11
3
14
14
2
Hard exudates
2
4
6
2
1
Irregularities in the course and caliber of the retinal vessels
22
8
30
12
3
Delayed filling of choroidal lobules
14
6
20
9
1
Occlusion of the peripheral arterial vessel
2
0
2
2
0
Sheathed venous vessel
0
1
1
1
0
Thinning of choroidal capillaries and retinal pigment epithelium
