[Angioid streaks and associated lesions: ophthalmoscopic and fluorescein angiographic interpretation].

Angioid streaks are characteristic and well known lesions of the fundus of the eye. They are frequently associated with other less known chorioretinal lesions. In order to investigate the incidence and the clinical importance of these latter lesions, the photographs and the fluorescein angiographies of the 24 fundi of 12 patients with angioid streaks were studied. The lesions associated with the angioid streaks are light areas along the streak, red paired spots, fundus peau d'orange, salmon spots, optic disc drusen and macular atrophic and exudative-hemorrhagic degenerations. The comparison between the photographs and the fluorescein angiographies of the fundus allows to deduce, in many cases, the anatomic lesion that causes the clinical appearance of the various kinds of angioid streaks and the associated lesions. Although the misinterpretation of these results sometimes led to inaccurate speculations about the nature and the pathogenesis of the angioid streaks and the associated lesions, it is important to point out that lacking histopathological reports that would clarify the true nature of the lesions associated with the angioid streaks, ophthalmoscopy and fluorescein angiography are the only methods helpful to reveal the basic lesions.