THE NORMAL RETINAL FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAM I
- 27 May 2009
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Acta Ophthalmologica
- Vol. 60 (5) , 657-670
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1755-3768.1982.tb06726.x
Abstract
Retinal fluorescein angiograhy and color fundus photography was performed in 1 eye of 48 clinically healthy middle aged [human] subjects, 21 females and 27 males, without ophthalmoscopically obvious fundus abnormalities. A region of retina 45.degree. around the fovea was analyzed for morphological elements in color photographs, red-free photographs and fluorescein angiograms. Subtle morphological elements, small and large fluorescent spots, were noted in 20 of 48 subjects (= eyes) (42%) during the early and middle phases of the fluorescein angiogram. In 15 subjects, the number and location of fluorescent spots (n = 40) corresponded to spots in the color and red-free photographs. In 10 of the 15 subjects (67%) with fluorescent spots, the corresponding spots in the color and red-free photographs were indistinctly outlined. Fluorescent spots without corresponding spots in color and red-free photographs (n = 18) were found in 10 subjects. Of all the fluorescent spots, 38% (n = 22) persisted with variable intensity in the late phases of the angiograms. Color photographs disclosed variable numbers of yellowish spots in 34 subjects (71%). Of the spots, 64% (71 of 111 spots) in color photographs could not be visualized by fluorescein angiography. These spots were characteristically distinctly outlined. Retinal spots were chiefly located in the upper and lower regions temporal to the fovea both in color photographs (71% of the spots) and the fluorescein angiograms (62% of the spots). The occurrence of morphological elements of the retina did not correlate with age or smoking habits. The appearance of minor morphological elements in the retina of normal subjects seems to vary widely, as assessed by fluorescein angiogram and fundus color photography.Keywords
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