Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 1996;37(6):1012-1021.
Published online June 1, 1996.
Advantages of Indocyanine Green angiography over fluorescein angiography in Diagnosis of Choroidal neovascularization in Age-related Macular degeneration.
Young Jung Park, Sang Ha Kim
Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, Kyung-Pook National University, Taegu, Korea.
삼출성 노년기황반변성의 ICG 형광 안저촬영 소견
박영정(Young Jung Park),김상하(Sang Ha Kim)
Abstract
Choroidal neovascularization(CNV) secondary to age-related macular degeneration(AMD) occurs in the majority of patients with exudative maculopathy. Using an Indocyanine-green (ICG) angiography system, the authors obtained 24 ICG angiograms with CNV in AMD, and compared them with fluorescein angiograms. CNV was classic in 3 eyes(12.5%) and occult in 21 eyes(87.5%) on fluorescein angiography. The location of the CNV was extrafoveal in 12 eyes(50%), juxtafoveal in 6 eyes(25%) and subfoveal in 6 eyes(25%). Occult CNV was diagnosed in 21 eyes. Of these eyes, 8(38%) had solitary or multifocal hot spot by ICG angiography. Plaques were seen in 13(62%) of these eyes. Occult CNV with pigment epithelial detachment was diagnosed in 7 eyes. In 5 eyes, we were able to detect a well-defined CNV underlying a subretinal hemorrhage. Sixty-seven percentage of eyes with occult CNV could be reclassified as having well-delinated CNV by virtue of the additional findings provided by ICG angiography. But thirty-three percentage of eyes with occult CNV remained ill defined on the ICG angiography. ICG angiography is especially useful in delineating occult neovascularization, neovascularization with overlying subretinal hemorrhage or serosanguineous fluid, and neovasularization associated with pigment epithelial detachments. The results of this study suggest that ICG angiography is a safe test and an important test in evaluation, classification, and laser treatment of patients with occult CNV secondary to AMD.
Key Words: Age-related macular degeneration;Choroidal neovascularization;Indocyanine-green angiography;hot spot;plaque


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