EXAMINATION OF PATIENTS WITH CYSTOID MACULAR EDEMA USING A SCANNING LASER OPHTHALMOSCOPE WITH INFRARED LIGHT

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.