Fluorescein angiography in reticular degeneration of the pigment epithelium.
We studied reticular degeneration of the pigment epithelium by fluorescein angiography in 32 eyes of 50 consecutive patients who had ophthalmoscopic indications of this aging-related entity. In this type of degeneration, fluorescein angiography delineated extensive abnormalities of the retinal pigment epithelium and demonstrated normal-appearing retinal vessels and choriocapillaries in the affected areas.
D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging; D002196:Capillaries / Q000648:ultrastructure; D002829:Choroid / Q000098:blood supply; D005260:Female; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D006801:Humans; D010857:Pigment Epithelium of Eye / Q000473:pathology*; D012162:Retinal Degeneration / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D012171:Retinal Vessels / Q000473:pathology