[Cilioretinal arteries under fundus fluorescein angiography].

Cilioretinal arteries were found in 825 (40.2%) of 2,050 eyes with fundus fluorescein angiography records. Among 195 cases in which all retinal arteries were demonstrated satisfactorily, the cilioretinal arteries were 1-6 in number, supplying 1-4 quadrants of the fundus, while in 102 cases (52.3%) they did not supply the macular area as conventionally believed. Besides, in another group of 129 eyes in which cilioretinal arteries were recognized with the ophthalmoscope, those in 28 eyes (21.7%) were disproved by angiography. Therefore, angiography should be the only means to confirm clinically diagnosed cilioretinal arteries.