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Fluorescein Angiogram Causing Cutaneous Venous Staining: A Rare Self-Resolving Phenomenon.
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ABSTRACT: Introduction
Fluorescein angiography (FA) is a useful investigation in the diagnosis and treatment of retinal and choroidal disease. FA has well-reported adverse effects, most being mild. Very few cases have reported cutaneous venous staining following FA.Case presentation
Two cases are reported. Case 1 was a 90-year-old female with bilateral neovascular age-related macular degeneration. In the few minutes following her routine FA, she developed cutaneous fluorescein staining ascending along the superficial forearm veins proximal to the cannula in situ at the dorsal wrist. Case 2 was a 50-year-old male with diabetic macular oedema. In the minutes following his FA, he developed cutaneous fluorescein staining descending along the dorsal forearm veins distal to the cannula in situ at the cubital fossa. Both patients were managed conservatively with the stain resolving in the next few days.Conclusion
Cutaneous fluorescein staining around superficial vasculature is a rare phenomenon. Despite this, it seems to be self-limiting and does not require any treatment.
SUBMITTER: Angus ZG
PROVIDER: S-EPMC11250062 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan-Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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Fluorescein Angiogram Causing Cutaneous Venous Staining: A Rare Self-Resolving Phenomenon.
Case reports in ophthalmology 20240101 1
<h4>Introduction</h4>Fluorescein angiography (FA) is a useful investigation in the diagnosis and treatment of retinal and choroidal disease. FA has well-reported adverse effects, most being mild. Very few cases have reported cutaneous venous staining following FA.<h4>Case presentation</h4>Two cases are reported. Case 1 was a 90-year-old female with bilateral neovascular age-related macular degeneration. In the few minutes following her routine FA, she developed cutaneous fluorescein staining asc ...[more]