title: Indocyanine green fundus angiography of retrobulbar vasculature.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Tohoku University, School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mutoh
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sakurai
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tamai
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D005452:Fluoresceins; D007208:Indocyanine Green; D019793:Fluorescein