Hereditary macular dystrophies in relation to radionuclide ocular scintigraphy

Radionuclide ocular scintigraphy was investigated to determine whether it could detect blood-retinal barrier disruption secondary to retinal disease. Patients were examined who had hereditary macular dystrophies and good correlations were found of the dynamic and equilibrium results obtained on scintigraphy with the clinical disease state. This test may hold promise as another measurement of the disruption of ocular physiology in retinal diseases.