The significance of fluorescein angiography in the early diagnosis of lesions on ocular fundus at pseudoxanthoma elasticum patients

1977 ◽  
Vol 258 (3) ◽  
pp. 259-264 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tadeusz Bogdanowski ◽  
Janusz Gluza ◽  
Danuta Rasiewicz
1980 ◽  
Vol 73 (5) ◽  
pp. 362-365 ◽  
Author(s):  
T J Ffytche ◽  
J S Shilling ◽  
I H Chisholm ◽  
J L Federman

In Behcet's disease, the anterior and posterior segments of the eye may be affected separately or together. Fundus fluorescein angiography should be performed in addition to ophthalmoscopic examination for early diagnosis and treatment of ocular involvement. Fundus fluorescein angiography (FFA) is the gold standard for the evaluation of the retinal vascular system and pathologies. Fundus fluorescein angiography is more sensitive than fundus examination in the detection of vasculitis, and angiographic involvement is always more common than clinical involvement. Fluorescein angiography may reveal leakage from retinal veins in eyes whose visual impression is not affected and the fundus examination is normal. The absence of vascular leakage with fluorescein angiography indicates that the disease is in a completely inactive period. Because of the development of blindness due to posterior segment involvement, early detection of the disease with fundus angiography and the initiation of the treatment is successful in terms of visual prognosis. It has an important place in terms of early activation of patients with FFA in the early diagnosis of eye involvement and follow-up of the disease and treatment. Wide-field imaging angiography imaging of the retinal periphery revealed the importance of lesions in retinal periphery and peripheral areas invisible by standard angiography. The use of indocyanine green angiography in Behcet uveitis is limited.


2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Herke Jan Noordmans ◽  
Pieter van den Biesen ◽  
Rowland de Roode ◽  
Rudolf Verdaasdonk

2020 ◽  
Vol 63 (4) ◽  
pp. 198-201
Author(s):  
Sunayana Misra ◽  
Ravindra Kumar Saran

Pseudoxanthoma elasticum (PXE) is a rare hereditary disorder occurring due to metabolic defect in the liver and manifesting predominantly in the skin, eyes and arteries. It shows characteristic yellowish papules on the skin around the nape of neck along with looseness of skin over flexural surfaces. PXE shows marked phenotypic heterogeneity. Complications related to arterial wall and retinal Bruchs’ membrane calcification occur later in life; early diagnosis therefore helps keep patient on follow up for development of the same. In Indian patients, classic skin changes may be missed clinically making histopathology pivotal in diagnosis and patient management.


2008 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Pachten ◽  
B. Wollanke ◽  
H. Gerhards ◽  
B. Stierstorfer

1990 ◽  
Vol 14 (5) ◽  
pp. 393-402 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Gasthuys ◽  
L. Pollet ◽  
P. Simoens ◽  
H. Lauwers ◽  
J. J. De Laey

2005 ◽  
Vol 140 (3) ◽  
pp. 525-527 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ayyakkannu Manivannan ◽  
Jarka Plskova ◽  
Alison Farrow ◽  
Sandra Mckay ◽  
Peter F. Sharp ◽  
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