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· Background: To investigate the usefulness of indocyanine green (ICG) iris angiography for monitoring vascular abnormalities and the clinical course of metastatic iris tumor during chemotherapy. · Methods: We performed ICG iris angiography at several points during systemic chemotherapy for a 67-year-old man who had been diagnosed as having small-cell carcinoma of the lung with metastatic iris tumors. · Results: ICG iris angiography clearly demonstrated hyperfluorescent tumor vessels, rubeosis iridis, and dilated iris stromal vessels. After chemotherapy, these hyperfluorescent vessels and rubeosis regressed. · Conclusion: ICG iris angiography appears to be an effective and useful method for observing abnormal vessels associated with metastatic iris tumors.
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Received: 11 May 1998 Revised version received: 30 July 1998 Accepted: 13 August 1998
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Goto, T., Shimura, M. & Nakazawa, M. Indocyanine green iris angiography of lung carcinoma metastatic to the iris. Graefe's Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 237, 787–789 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s004170050313
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s004170050313