FLUORESCEIN FUNDUS PHOTOGRAPHY OF ANGIOID STREAKS

Fluorescein fundus photography of angioid streaks.

The most characteristic ocular lesions in pseudoxanthoma elasticum are the angioid streaks which may be seen in about 85 per cent. of cases. The associated features in the fundus are a peculiar mottled appearance (Shimizu, I96I), peau d'orange (Smith, Gass, and Justice, I964), and yellowish-white spots (salmon spots). While most subjects showing angioid streaks have pseudoxanthoma elasticum, cl...

Fundus photography and fluorescein angiography Fluorescein angiography

Fluorescein angiography is a clinical diagnostic test procedure in which rapid-sequence photography is performed after intravenous injection of sodium fluorescein. The procedure allows the documentation of the retinal circulation. Of equal importance is the ability of the angiogram to outline the entire retinal vascular bed. Previous clinical methods of examination of the fundus enabled the phy...

Fundus photography and fluorescein angiography.

Classification of angioid streaks.

ANGIOID streaks of the retina were first described by Doyne (1889). They have since been the subject of much controversy. More than 200 cases have been reported in the literature, but histological studies have been few and the changes described have varied. The condition is frequently associated with pseudoxanthoma elasticum, with cardiovascular disease, and with Paget's disease of bone. A simi...

Angioid streaks and elastorrhexis.

ANGIOID streaks are thought to be due to breaks in the elastic lamina of Bruch's membrane. Ophthalmoscopically they present a jagged peripapillary ring which may be incomplete and from which radiate irregular spokes of width similar to retinal vessels. With time, they may progress, or become less distinct. Their colour varies from reddish-brown to dark brown according to the density of the over...