title: Fluorescein and indocyanine green angiographies of central serous choroidopathy by scanning laser ophthalmoscopy.
abstract: We examined 19 patients (41 +/- 7.5 years old) with central serous chorioretinopathy and symptoms that ranged from one day to 24 months. Fluorescein and indocyanine green angiographies were performed with a scanning laser ophthalmoscope. Focal exudation was found in all patients with fluorescein and in 15 patients (79%) with indocyanine green. We found a more widespread exudation of indocyanine green into the choroid around the focal hyperfluorescent spot in seven patients (37%). Perfusion with fluorescein was delayed in the area of focal exudation in two patients (11%) and with indocyanine green in 12 patients (63%). Exudation of both dyes stopped with clinical improvement, whereas the perfusion deficits remained unchanged. These results further indicate that central serous chorioretinopathy is primarily a choroidal disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München, Germany.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Scheider
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Nasemann
authors.forename: O E
authors.initials: OE
authors.lastname: Lund
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015862:Choroid Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000378:metabolism; D005122:Exudates and Transudates / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D006801:Humans; D007208:Indocyanine Green; D007834:Lasers; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009887:Ophthalmoscopy
chemical_list: D007208:Indocyanine Green