title: The influence of vitreous change on vitreous fluorophotometry.
abstract: Thirteen patients with retinitis pigmentosa were graded in terms of vitreous change and compared by vitreous fluorophotometry to an equal number of normal patients. A highly significant difference was found between groups. A high correlation was also noted between severity of vitreous change and midvitreous fluorophotometry values. Certain types of vitreous detachments appear to produce a characteristic "cancer hump" in the resultant data. A possible explanation for the increased values is discussed.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000145:classification / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D005470:Fluorometry / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D010783:Photometry; D012174:Retinitis Pigmentosa / Q000150:complications*; D014822:Vitreous Body / Q000473:pathology