Abstract
Dye leakage in sodium fluorescein (FLUO) fundus angiography indicates damage to the blood-retinal barrier. However, dye leakage in indocyanine green (ICG) fundus angiography does not mean the same, because of the larger molecular size of the dye and impermeability of the choroidal vessels to it. The possibility of dye leakage in ICG angiography has not yet been revealed in an experimental study in which the blood-retinal barrier is undamaged. We report here that intrachoroidal dye leakage may occur in ICG angiography in an experimental model of the traumatic retinal opacity of the rabbit eye, even when the blood-retinal barrier is undamaged. This mechanism of dye leakage in ICG angiography is quite different from the leakage of FLUO angiography. Pathological choroidal vessels with increased permeability, such as choroidal neovascularization under the retinal pigment epithelium, can be observed using ICG angiography.
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