CHOROIDAL VASCULAR ABNORMALITY IN PURTSCHERS-RETINOPATHY SHOWN BY INDOCYANINE GREEN ANGIOGRAPHY

PURPOSE: To report choroidal vascular abnormality in unilateral Purtsc her's retinopathy. METHODS: Fluorescein angiography and indocyanine gr een angiography with a scanning laser ophthalmoscope were used to exam ine a 19-year-old man four days, three months, and five months after s ustaining an injury in a car accident. RESULTS: Indocyanine green angi ography showed an area of choroidal hypofluorescence that continued to be present up to five months after the accident. CONCLUSIONS: Choroid al vasculature may be affected in Purtscher's retinopathy. Disorder in the choroidal microcirculation could be an additional cause of the re sulting poor vision observed in some patients with Purtscher's retinop athy.