Flecks in Recessive Stargardt Disease: Short-Wavelength Autofluorescence Near-Infrared Autofluorescence and Optical Coherence Tomography

摘要

PurposeWe evaluated the incongruous observation whereby flecks in recessive Stargardt disease (STGD1) can exhibit increased short-wavelength autofluorescence (SW-AF) that originates from retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) lipofuscin, while near-infrared AF (NIR-AF), emitted primarily from RPE melanin, is usually reduced or absent at fleck positions.