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The normal fundus fluorescein angiogram II
Author(s) -
Nielsen Niels Vesti
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
acta ophthalmologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.534
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1755-3768
pISSN - 1755-375X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-3768.1985.tb06810.x
Subject(s) - fundus (uterus) , ophthalmology , fluorescein , fluorescein angiography , medicine , retinal pigment epithelium , anatomy , optometry , retinal , optics , fluorescence , physics
Three consecutive photographic fundus examinations using colour, interference filter photographs and fluorescein angiography showed no intraindividual variation within one year, but a considerable interindividual variation of the morphologic fundus elements was found in 48 eyes of 48 clinically healthy middle aged subjects. There were 20 eyes with distinctly outlined minute hyperfluorescent elements, 15 eyes with minute indistinctly outlined and 3 eyes with distinctly outlined hypofluorescent elements. These elements remained unchanged after one year. In 80% of the eyes with hypofluorescent elements there were characteristically no concomitant hyperfluorescent elements. Seventeen of 48 eyes had fundus elements exclusively visible in the colour and filter pictures. Most hyperfluorescent elements corresponded with elements in the green interference filter photographs (85% of the eyes). These findings indicate minute changes in the layers of Bruch's membrane and the retinal pigment epithelium in most of the eyes. The indistincdy outlined hypofluorescent elements might represent minute choroidal vascular filling defects or minute areas with blockage of the choroidal fluorescence.