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Abstract
PlnRIfn- To analyze the fluorescein (FA) and indocyanine green (ICGA) angiographic
aspects of serpiginous choroidopathy. Msfhndl- We performed FA and ICGA in 11 consec-
utive paOents with serpiginous chowidopathy with a SLO (Rode[Istock, Germany) and with
a still-frame digitized fundus camera (Topcon 50 IA, japan). llflnlfl- In 6 patients the dis-
ease was active (12 eyes), in other 5 (10 eyes) it was inactive and 2 of these patients (3 eyes)
had developed a choroidal neovascularization. The active lesions were hypofluorescent in
Che early phases of the FA showing diffusion in the late phase!s. In 2 of the patients with
active disease a retinal vasculitis was also present. The healed lesions were hypofluorescent
in the early phase of the FA due to extensive atrophy of the chodocapillaris and choroidal
vessels with sparing of major collors. A progressive hypernllorescence of the margins
was also apparent. In ICGA in the active stage the lesions were hypo8uorescent throughout
the examination. In 4 of the 6 patients with active disease the ICGA revealed a delayed cho
roidal 6lling next to the active lesions. FoHow up showed in only one subject a coinddence
between the delayed choroidal filling and the progression of the lesions.fnllfhlllSlN - FA
and ICGA are useful to highlight the level of activity of the disease and the extent of the cho-
roidal damage but it cannot precisely predict the evolution of the lesions.
CR: Non
