[Treatment of angioid streaks with phothodynamic therapy].

Abstract

CLINICAL CASE:

A patient had bilateral angioid streaks complicated by cicatricial degeneration in the left eye and subfoveal choroidal neovascularization in the right eye. Photodynamic therapy resulted in a favorable response with normalization of the visual acuity and angiographic resolution of the lesions.

DISCUSSION:

The most serious complication of angioid streaks is choroidal neovascularization. Today photodynamic therapy is an effective treatment of subfoveal choroidal neovascularization. It also appears useful in the treatment of choroidal neovascularization in angioid streaks.

• Authors: M J González-Blanco, C Blanco-Rivera, S Campos-García
• Journal: Archivos de la Sociedad Espanola de Oftalmologia (Arch Soc Esp Oftalmol) Vol. 82 Issue 11 Pg. 719-22 (Nov 2007) ISSN: 0365-6691 [Print] Spain
• Vernacular Title: Tratamiento con terapia fotodinámica en las estrías angioides.
• PMID: 17979042 (Publication Type: Case Reports, English Abstract, Journal Article)

Topics

• Adult
• Angioid Streaks (diagnosis, drug therapy)
• Choroidal Neovascularization (drug therapy)
• Female
• Fluorescein Angiography
• Humans
• Ophthalmoscopy
• Photochemotherapy
• Treatment Outcome
• Visual Acuity