Noncontact high-resolution ultra-wide-field oral fluorescein angiography in premature infants with retinopathy of prematurity

JAMA Ophthalmol. 2014 Jan;132(1):108-10. doi: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2013.6102.

Abstract

Importance: We report for the first time, to our knowledge, the acquisition of noncontact ultra-wide-field oral fluorescein angiograms in premature infants with retinopathy of prematurity.

Observations: High-resolution oral fluorescein angiograms were successfully obtained in 3 consecutive premature infants with retinopathy of prematurity at the Oxford Eye Hospital, Oxford, England, using the Optos Panoramic 200MA imaging system (Optos PLC).

Conclusions and relevance: Noncontact ultra-wide-field oral fluorescein angiograms captured using the Optos Panoramic 200MA fluorescein angiographic system provide a safe and alternative method for evaluating the retinal vasculature in premature infants with retinopathy of prematurity.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Administration, Oral
  • Cyclopentolate / administration & dosage
  • Female
  • Fluorescein Angiography / methods*
  • Fluorescein* / administration & dosage
  • Fluorescent Dyes* / administration & dosage
  • Gestational Age
  • Humans
  • Infant, Extremely Low Birth Weight
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Infant, Premature
  • Male
  • Mydriatics / administration & dosage
  • Pupil / drug effects
  • Retinal Vessels / pathology*
  • Retinopathy of Prematurity / diagnosis*

Substances

  • Fluorescent Dyes
  • Mydriatics
  • Cyclopentolate
  • Fluorescein