BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE
To develop
a new method to document the slit-lamp image of
the vitreous body as stained with fluorescein sodium.
PATIENTS AND METHODS
The system consists
of a Goldmann-type slit-lamp biomicroscope, a
highly sensitive monochromatic charge-coupled
device camera, and a video attachment for real-time
observation and recording. As a standard procedure, observation of the vitreous was conducted 60 minutes
after intravenous administration of 500 mg of fluorescein
sodium. This method was applied to 19 eyes with
various eye diseases.
RESULTS
Fine details of the vitreous were
observed in all of the eyes. Posterior vitreous detachment
could be recorded in 5 of the 19 eyes examined.
Vitreoschisis and large lacunae were documented in 11
eyes.
CONCLUSION
This method promises to be of
value in detecting early age-related and pathological
changes of the vitreous such as posterior vitreous
detachment and vitreoschisis in clinics.
[Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging 2004;35:233-
238.]
AUTHORS
From the Department of Ophthalmology, Saitama Medical School, Saitama, Japan.
Accepted for publication February 5, 2004.
Supported in part by a grant-in-aid for scientific research (14571685) from the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science in Japan.
Address reprint requests to Shin Yoneya, MD, PhD, Department of
Ophthalmology, Saitama Medical School, 38 Morohongo, Moroyama, Iruma, Saitama, 350-0495, Japan.
