DIAGNOSTIC INDOCYANINE GREEN ANGIOGRAPHY IN PREECLAMPSIA

PURPOSE: To determine the role of the choroidal vasculature in the pat hogenesis of exudative retinal detachments in preeclampsia using indoc yanine green angiography. METHODS: We reviewed both fluorescein and in docyanine green angiographic findings for four patients with preeclamp sia. RESULTS: Indocyanine green angiographic findings in patients with preeclampsia include nonperfusion in the early phases of the angiogra m and staining of the choroidal vasculature with subretinal leakage in the late phases of the angiogram and multiple punctate areas of block ed fluorescence. CONCLUSION: Indocyanine green angiography indicates t hat damage to the choroidal vasculature leads to many of the retinal c hanges seen in preeclampsia.