T. Ikeda et al., EXAMINATION OF PATIENTS WITH CYSTOID MACULAR EDEMA USING A SCANNING LASER OPHTHALMOSCOPE WITH INFRARED LIGHT, American journal of ophthalmology, 125(5), 1998, pp. 710-712
PURPOSE: To report a noninvasive method for evaluating eyes with cysto
id macular edema. METHODS: We obtained infrared images of cystoid macu
lar edema in eight eyes of eight patients using a scanning laser ophth
almoscope with the darkfield mode of a 780-nm diode laser. Differences
between infrared images and fluorescein angiograms in the imaging of
cystoid changes were examined. RESULTS: With the scanning laser ophtha
lmoscope, we observed cystoid macular changes as images that resembled
three dimensional pictures in the dark-field mode with infrared Light
, Cystoid changes observed by this method generally agreed with change
s observed by fluorescein angiography. CONCLUSIONS: Scanning laser oph
thalmoscopy with infrared light in a dark-field mode is noninvasive, a
nd the results in eyes with cystoid macular edema generally agreed wit
h results obtained by fluorescein angiography. This method is useful f
or examining eyes with cystoid macular edema. (C) 1998 by Elsevier Sci
ence Inc. All rights reserved.