title: Inflammation of the posterior uvea: findings on fundus fluorescein and indocyanine green angiography.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology, Adana Teaching and Medical Research Center, Baskent University, Adana, Turkey. raltanya@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Rana
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Altan-Yaycioglu
authors.forename: Yonca A
authors.initials: YA
authors.lastname: Akova
authors.forename: Sezin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Akca
authors.forename: Gursel
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Yilmaz
mesh_terms: 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*
chemical_list: D004396:Coloring Agents; D003287:Contrast Media; D007208:Indocyanine Green; D019793:Fluorescein