title: Autofluorescence in a patient with adult vitelliform degeneration.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Tennent Institute of Ophthalmology, Glasgow, U.K.
authors.forename: D B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Barr
authors.forename: Z A
authors.initials: ZA
authors.lastname: Beirouty
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D008062:Lipofuscin