Indocyanine green fundus angiography of retrobulbar vasculature.
OBJECTIVE
To report the observations of the retrobulbar vasculature with indocyanine green angiography.


METHODS
We performed fluorescein and indocyanine green angiography with a fundus camera (TRC501A) at a university medical center. We examined 12 patients (three men and nine women) with pathologic myopia.


RESULTS
With these methods, retrobulbar vessels could be observed in the eyes of these patients with pathologic myopia and thin sclera. The location of the vessels could be changed by altering eye position.


CONCLUSIONS
With fluorescein angiography, we were able to visualize some of the retrobulbar vasculature in selected areas, but indocyanine green angiography was apparently superior to fluorescein angiography.
Mutoh
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Department of Ophthalmology, Tohoku University, School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan.
Sakurai
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Tamai
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002829:Choroid / Q000098:blood supply; D005260:Female; D019793:Fluorescein; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D005452:Fluoresceins; D005654:Fundus Oculi; D006801:Humans; D007208:Indocyanine Green; D008297:Male; D008833:Microcirculation / Q000502:physiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009216:Myopia / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology; D009915:Orbit / Q000098:blood supply*; D012039:Regional Blood Flow / Q000502:physiology; D014792:Visual Acuity
D005452:Fluoresceins; D007208:Indocyanine Green; D019793:Fluorescein