Fundus autofluorescence in patients with blunt ocular trauma
November 12th, 2009 Posted by: admin
Purpose: To report fundus autofluorescence and optical coherence tomography (OCT) findings in patients with blunt ocular trauma.Methods: Six eyes of six consecutive patients with blunt ocular trauma were evaluated in an observational case series using colour fundus photography, the Heidelberg Retina Angiograph 2 (HRA2) system for fundus autofluorescence (FAF) and OCT (Stratus OCT).Results: Three patients presented with secondary retinal pigment epitheliopathy that was identified as a reduced FAF plaque with interposed increased FAF granular smaller lesions. These findings were not as evident in fundus examination and colour photography in two patients. Visual field in one patient showed a decreased area of sensitivity that correlated to the reduced/increased autofluorescent lesion. The other three patients had subretinal haemorrhage and choroidal rupture, which appeare
