Morphological Analysis of Foveal Architecture in Systemic Sclerosis Patients

41 systemic sclerosis patients and 38 healthy controls underwent optical coherence tomography imaging to characterize retinal features. The dataset includes measurements such as central retinal thickness, subfoveal choroidal thickness, and prevalence of abnormalities like drusen-like deposits and epiretinal membrane. The data was published by Lilla Smeller on figshare in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Identify retinal biomarkers for systemic sclerosis based on foveal contour abnormalities.
• Compare central retinal thickness between patient and control groups.
• Analyze the prevalence of drusen-like deposits as a potential disease indicator.
• Investigate correlations between epiretinal membrane presence and systemic sclerosis progression.

Strengths

• Includes a control group of 38 age-matched healthy individuals for comparison.
• Reports specific prevalence percentages for abnormalities (e.g., 46.3% for drusen-like deposits).
• Provides concrete numerical measurements like mean central retinal thickness (241.7 µm for patients).

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The dataset is very small at 5.5 KB, indicating limited scope.

Provenance

Source

figshare

Collection Method

Clinical study using optical coherence tomography imaging on patients and controls.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-21 17:28:03; freshness should be verified.

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