Identification of intraretinal neovascularization by high-speed indocyanine green angiography in idiopathic perifoveal telangiectasia

Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging. 2007 Mar-Apr;38(2):167-9. doi: 10.3928/15428877-20070301-16.

Abstract

Rapid advances in imaging technology have dramatically improved our understanding of the flow patterns of intraretinal circulation in normal and diseased states. To identify the angiographic features and flow pattern of retinal circulation in a patient with type 2 idiopathic perifoveal telangiectasia, dynamic simultaneous high-speed videoangiography using confocal scanning laser ophthalmoscopy was performed. This diagnostic tool provides enhanced anatomic resolution of retinal arterioles otherwise poorly defined by regular fluorescein and static indocyanine green angiography. High-speed indocyanine green angiography demonstrated dynamic flow abnormalities such as intraretinal neovascular complex and retino-retinal anastomosis in idiopathic perifoveal telangiectasia.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Coloring Agents*
  • Female
  • Fluorescein Angiography / methods*
  • Humans
  • Indocyanine Green*
  • Middle Aged
  • Retinal Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Retinal Neovascularization / diagnosis*
  • Retinal Vessels / pathology*
  • Telangiectasis / diagnosis*
  • Visual Acuity

Substances

  • Coloring Agents
  • Indocyanine Green