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Metastatic choroidal carcinomas are the most common intraocular neoplasms [1]; diagnosis is made by ophthalmoscopic, fluorescein angiographic (FA), and indocyanine green angiographic (IA) findings together with a history of cancer especially of the breasts and lungs. However, the general health of these patients is often poor, and it is difficult to perform these invasive examinations. Fundus autofluorescence (AF) is a noninvasive imaging technique that can detect lipofuscin in the retinal pigmented epithelial (RPE) cells [2]. A continuous AF pattern is an indication of normal metabolic activity of the RPE cells, and the loss of AF indicates that the photoreceptors or RPE cells are dysfunctional. Because FA and IA are generally not recommended in such ill patients, we questioned whether the AF pattern can be used to diagnose and follow the course of carcinomas after treatment. A Medline search did not extract any articles describing the AF findings in eyes with choroidal carcinomas. A retrospective review of patients with a choroidal carcinoma in our hospital extracted two patients who had undergone FA, IA, and AF. Thus, the purpose of this study was to determine the AF characteristics in these two eyes with a choroidal carcinoma.

Purpose To evaluate the fundus autofluorescence (FAF) patterns in the eyes with primary intraocular lymphomas (PIOLs). Methods A review of the medical charts of four consecutive patients (five eyes) with PIOL who had been studied by FAF. A fundus camera was used to obtain the FAF images. Optical coherence tomography was also performed. Results The ophthalmoscopically observed brown clumps on the surface of greasy yellowish masses beneath the retinal pigmented epithelium had a bright hyperfluorescence appearance by FAF. This FAF hyperfluorescence was completely reversed to hypofluorescence in the fluorescein angiograms. The diffuse infiltration of the cells making up the PIOL above the retinal pigmented epithelium was ophthalmoscopically observed as a retinal whitening and was hypofluorescent by FAF. These areas of hypofluorescence were also reversed to areas of hyperfluorescence in the fluorescein angiogram. Fundus autofluorescence clearly delineated the retinal pigmented epithelium atrophy, which developed after the spontaneous resolution of the PIOL as a hypoautofluorescent area. Conclusion Because FAF can reveal various findings of PIOLs, it can be used to differentiate the patients with PIOL from those with ocular inflammatory diseases. Although further studies are required to determine whether these findings are characteristic to PIOL, this noninvasive method can then lead to earlier diagnosis and treatment.