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Bilateral CNV associated with optic nerve drusen treated with photodynamic therapy with verteporfin.

AbstractPURPOSE:
To report a case of bilateral choroidal neovascularization (CNV) associated with optic nerve drusen (OND) treated with photodynamic therapy (PDT) with verteporfin.
METHODS:
A 10-year-old girl with juxtapapillary CNV in the right eye and juxtapapillary and juxtafoveal CNV in the left eye associated with OND underwent PDT with verteporfin in both eyes.
RESULTS:
Visual acuity increased from 20/160 to 20/25 in the right eye and from 20/1000 to 20/25 in the left eye after two sessions of PDT and 2 years of follow-up. CNV showed no leakage after two PDT sessions in both eyes and no recurrence was observed.
CONCLUSIONS:
Subfoveal CNV is an uncommon complication of OND and excellent anatomic and functional results can be obtained with PDT.
AuthorsR Silva, T Torrent, R Loureiro, A Travassos, J Rui Faria de Abreu
JournalEuropean journal of ophthalmology (Eur J Ophthalmol) 2004 Sep-Oct Vol. 14 Issue 5 Pg. 434-7 ISSN: 1120-6721 [Print] United States
PMID15506607 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
Chemical References
  • Photosensitizing Agents
  • Porphyrins
  • Verteporfin
Topics
  • Child
  • Choroidal Neovascularization (complications, drug therapy)
  • Female
  • Fluorescein Angiography
  • Fundus Oculi
  • Humans
  • Optic Disk Drusen (complications, drug therapy)
  • Photochemotherapy (methods)
  • Photosensitizing Agents (therapeutic use)
  • Porphyrins (therapeutic use)
  • Tomography, Optical Coherence
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Verteporfin
  • Visual Acuity

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