Vortex Vein Abnormality

• By Virginia Gebhart
  Retina Consultants of Carolina
  Co-author(s): Chris Bergstrom, MD, OD
• Uploaded on Mar 17, 2026.
• Last modified by Virginia Gebhart on Mar 26, 2026.

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Condition/keywords

vortex vein, indocyanine green (ICG) angiography, choroidal vein

Photographer

Virginia Gebhart, Retina Consultants of Carolina

Imaging device

Fundus camera
Optos California

Description

71 year old male referred for choroidal melanoma in the right eye, however during ICGA a vortex vein was observed crossing the globe in the left eye. No significant choroidal thickening observed on OCT, will obtain Bscan of left eye at next visit. Possible congenital defect.

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