Indocyanine green iris angiography of lung carcinoma metastatic to the iris.
BACKGROUND
To investigate the usefulness of indocyanine green (ICG) iris angiography for monitoring vascular abnormalities and the clinical course of metastatic iris tumor during chemotherapy.


METHODS
We performed ICG iris angiography at several points during systemic chemotherapy for a 67-year-old man who had been diagnosed as having small-cell carcinoma of the lung with metastatic iris tumors.


RESULTS
ICG iris angiography clearly demonstrated hyperfluorescent tumor vessels, rubeosis iridis, and dilated iris stromal vessels. After chemotherapy, these hyperfluorescent vessels and rubeosis regressed.


CONCLUSIONS
ICG iris angiography appears to be an effective and useful method for observing abnormal vessels associated with metastatic iris tumors.
Goto
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Department of Ophthalmology, Tohoku University School of Medicine, 1-1 Seiryo, Aoba-ward, Sendai, Miyagi, 980-8574 Japan,
Shimura
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M
Nakazawa
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M
D000368:Aged; D000792:Angiography; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary*; D004396:Coloring Agents; D006801:Humans; D007208:Indocyanine Green; D007498:Iris / Q000098:blood supply*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D014604:Uveal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary*
D004396:Coloring Agents; D007208:Indocyanine Green