Colour Doppler sonography: A new investigative modality for intraocular space-occupying lesions

• Published in: Eye (London) Vol. 8; no. 3; pp. 307 - 310
• Main Authors: Gulani, Arun C, Morparia, H, Bhatti, S S, Jehangir, R P
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 01.01.1994; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: Adult; Angiomatosis - diagnostic imaging; Biological and medical sciences; Blood Vessels - diagnostic imaging; Choroid Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging; Ent, orbit; Eye - blood supply; Eye Diseases - diagnostic imaging; Female; Humans; Investigative techniques, diagnostic techniques (general aspects); Laboratory Medicine; Male; Medical sciences; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Melanoma - diagnostic imaging; Middle Aged; Ophthalmology; Pharmaceutical Sciences/Technology; Retinoblastoma - diagnostic imaging; Surgery; Surgical Oncology; Tuberculoma - diagnostic imaging; Tuberculosis, Ocular - diagnostic imaging; Ultrasonic investigative techniques; Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color; Fluorescein angiography; Grey-scale imaging; Opaque/unclear area; Leucocoria; Frequency; Central retinal vessels; Spectral analysis; Colour Doppler sonography; Sonography; Doppler ultrasound study; Human; Eye; Space occupying lesion; Echography; Exploration; Retina; Color image
• ISSN: 0950-222X; 1476-5454
• DOI: 10.1038/eye.1994.62

We report our experience with colour Doppler sonography (CDS) in 20 normal subjects and 25 patients with intraocular space-occupying lesions. The technique provided an in vivo cross-section of the vascular topography of space-occupying lesions in real time. Colour coding and spectral analysis helped to determine the direction and pattern of blood flow. CDS was found to be a useful diagnostic adjuvant, a guide to the treatment protocol, and helped in monitoring the progress of the disease. In conditions of the eye where unclear media hindered a clinical evaluation, CDS sonography was a safe, easily reproducible and non-invasive investigative tool. With further technical advances in waveform analysis and quantitative assessment, CDS holds promise as an investigative modality of choice in the future.