title: Indocyanine green angiography in the diagnosis of small choroidal tumours.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate indocyanine green (ICG) angiography in the diagnosis of small choroidal tumours.
  
  
  METHODS
  We studied 40 patients with small choroidal tumours, 22 males and 18 females. The tumour thickness on ultrasonography ranged from 2.2 to 4.3 mm.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Nineteen pigmented tumours showed early and late diffuse hypofluorescence, consistent with naevi. Eight non-pigmented tumours showed normal choroidal vessels in calibre, configuration, and branching, typical of non-pigmented naevi. The early frame of ICG angiography showed in 13 cases pathological, intrinsic vascularization, suggestive of melanomas.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This preliminary study suggests that ICG angiography may be helpful in differentiating choroidal naevi from small melanomas.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Medical College of the Jagiellonian University, Lea Street 244/7, PL-30-133 Krakow, Poland. mmstarzy@cyf-kr.edu.pl
authors.forename: Agnieszka
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kubicka-Trzaska
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Starzycka
authors.forename: Bozena
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Romanowska-Dixon
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001808:Blood Vessels / Q000473:pathology; D002829:Choroid / Q000098:blood supply; D002830:Choroid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D004396:Coloring Agents; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007208:Indocyanine Green; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009506:Nevus / Q000473:pathology; D009508:Nevus, Pigmented / Q000473:pathology; D019265:Spectroscopy, Near-Infrared
chemical_list: D004396:Coloring Agents; D007208:Indocyanine Green