Inflammation of the posterior uvea: findings on fundus fluorescein and indocyanine green angiography.
OBJECTIVE
To investigate the additional benefit of indocyanine green angiography (ICGA) over fundus fluorescein angiography (FA) in patients with posterior uveal inflammation.


METHODS
The features of 19 patients with different forms of posterior uveitis (Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease [n = 5], serpiginous choroiditis [n = 5], multifocal choroiditis [n = 5], and sarcoidosis [n = 4]) were analyzed.


RESULTS
On ICGA, inflammatory lesions were hypofluorescent in all phases, and early choroidal vessel dilation and leakage was noted near the lesions.


CONCLUSIONS
The combined use of FA and ICGA helps gauge the severity of inflammation in the choroid and the retina during active inflammation. In quiescent stages, however, ICGA does not give any additional information.
Altan-Yaycioglu
Rana
R
Faculty of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology, Adana Teaching and Medical Research Center, Baskent University, Adana, Turkey. raltanya@yahoo.com
Akova
Yonca A
YA
Akca
Sezin
S
Yilmaz
Gursel
G
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002829:Choroid / Q000473:pathology*; D002833:Choroiditis / Q000473:pathology*; D004396:Coloring Agents; D003287:Contrast Media / Q000494:pharmacology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D019793:Fluorescein; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography / Q000379:methods*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005654:Fundus Oculi; D006801:Humans; D007208:Indocyanine Green; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000473:pathology*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014607:Uveomeningoencephalitic Syndrome / Q000473:pathology*
D004396:Coloring Agents; D003287:Contrast Media; D007208:Indocyanine Green; D019793:Fluorescein