Idiopathic juxtapapillary polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy in the papillomacular bundle: treatment with photodynamic therapy: two years follow-up.
Retin Cases Brief Rep
; 2(4): 325-7, 2008.
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ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
To evaluate the efficacy of photodynamic therapy (PDT) in a patient with juxtapapillary idiopathic polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (IPCV) in the papillomacular bundle.METHODS:
One session of PDT using a spot size with diameter of 1000 µm in the center of the juxtapapillary lesion was applied. PATIENT A 75-year-old woman with decreased vision (20/80) in her right eye over a period of 1 year.RESULTS:
After a follow-up of 2 years, the best-corrected visual acuity was 20/32, the lesion remained sclerosed, and lipids have disappeared.CONCLUSION:
PDT represented a good treatment for this patient with juxtapapillary IPCV.
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