title: Foveal avascular zone in idiopathic juxtafoveolar telangiectasia.
abstract: We measured angiographically the foveal avascular zone (FAZ) in 26 subjects with idiopathic juxtafoveolar telangiectasia (IJFT) and 27 control subjects. Quantitatively, FAZ was significantly smaller in IJFT (median = 0 mm2) than in controls (median = 0.405 mm2). Qualitatively, the telangiectasia in IJFT was temporal (92.5% of eyes) and appeared as microaneurysms interconnected with several capillaries, spider-shaped microaneurysms, or Coats'-like telangiectasia. IJFT is characterized by temporal telangiectasia and small FAZ.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, New York, N.Y.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Mansour
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Schachat
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D005584:Fovea Centralis / Q000098:blood supply*; D005654:Fundus Oculi; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000473:pathology; D012171:Retinal Vessels / Q000473:pathology*; D013684:Telangiectasis / Q000473:pathology*