Thursday, March 22, 2007

FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY
IS A TECHNIQUE FOR EXAMINING THE CIRCULATION OF
T
HE RETINA USING A DYE TRACING METHOD. AFTER AN
I
NJECTION OF SODIUM FLUORESCEIN INTO CIRCULATORY
S
YSTEM, AN ANGIOGRAM IS OBTAINED BY PHOTOGRAPHING
T
HE FLUORESCENCE EMITTED BY THE RETINA WHILE
E
XPOSING WITH A BLUE LIGHT (490 NANOMETERS)
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SOME MIGHT SAY THIS ANGIOGRAM INDICATES THE PATIENT HAS A SUB RETINAL NEOVASCULAR MEMBRANE WITH A DISCIFORM SCAR AND A SMALL SUB MACULAR HEMORRHAGE.....
BUT PERSONALLY, I THINK IT LOOKS LIKE A PANDA BEAR IN A COAT WALKING TOWARD A TESLA COIL.

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