[Indocyanine green angiographic findings of systemic lupus erythematosus choroidopathy: a follow-up study of one patient].
OBJECTIVE
To report a follow-up study of one patient with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) choroidopathy studied with fluorescein angiography (FA) and indocyanine green angiography (ICGA).


METHODS
Retrospective review of clinical and photographic records of a patient with SLE choroidopathy.


RESULTS
ICGA findings observed in this patient included fuzziness of large choroidal vessels in the early phase, diffuse zonal choroidal hyperfluorescence in the posterior pole and well-defined pinpoint spots of choroidal hyperfluorescence in posterior pole in the late phase. In particular, the pinpoint spots of choroidal hyperfluorescence increased with the occurrence of small arterial occlusion in the retina and disappeared with the emergence of retinal neovascularization.


CONCLUSIONS
ICGA can reveal information that is not detectable by clinical or FA in patients of SLE choroidopathy. The immune complex deposition in the choriocapillaris may have played a role in the pathogenesis of SLE choroidopathy.
Chen
Changzheng
C
Department of Ophthalmology, Renmin Hospital, Wuhan 430060, China. antony1971@chinaren.com
Zuo
Chengguo
C
Wu
Li
L
Xing
Yiqiao
Y
D000293:Adolescent; D002825:Chorioretinitis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007208:Indocyanine Green; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000175:diagnosis*
D007208:Indocyanine Green