title: [The dark choroid in macular dystrophy].
abstract: In 44 fundus fluorescein angiographs of macular dystrophy, a peculiar absence of the normal background fluorescence (a dark choroid) was identified in 19 cases, many of which had yellowish flecks at the level of the retinal pigmented epithelium. The cause could be related to the deposition of a lipofuscin-like substance in the RPE. This finding may be useful in the understanding of macular dystrophy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Beijing PUMC Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: C F
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Zhan
mesh_terms: D002829:Choroid; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D006801:Humans; D008268:Macular Degeneration / Q000473:pathology*; D010857:Pigment Epithelium of Eye; D012189:Retrospective Studies