Autofluorescence in a patient with adult vitelliform degeneration.
The case of an 83 year-old woman is presented in whom bilateral vitelliform macular cysts were observed to fluoresce during the pre-injection phase of intravenous fluorescein angiography. This suggests that the vitelliform response is a non-specific event occurring in retinal pigment epithelial disease in which lipofuscin may or may not be manufactured.
Barr
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Tennent Institute of Ophthalmology, Glasgow, U.K.
Beirouty
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D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003560:Cysts / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D005453:Fluorescence; D005654:Fundus Oculi; D006801:Humans; D008062:Lipofuscin / Q000096:biosynthesis; D008266:Macula Lutea / Q000473:pathology*; D008268:Macular Degeneration / Q000473:pathology*; D010857:Pigment Epithelium of Eye / Q000378:metabolism
D008062:Lipofuscin