Photodynamic Therapy with Verteporfin: from Neovascularization to Hemangioma
Authors:
P. Souček; I. Součková
Authors‘ workplace:
Oftalmologická klinika Fakultní nemocnice Královské Vinohrady, Praha, přednosta prof. MUDr. Pavel Kuchynka, CSc.
Published in:
Čes. a slov. Oftal., 66, 2010, No. 3, p. 146-151
Category:
Case Report
Overview
There was a 10-years anniversary from the introduction of photodynamic therapy (PDT) with verteporfin in the Czech Republic recently. We still follow one of our first patients with neovascular macular degeneration. Although it was possible to stabilize the vision of the better eye almost 3 times longer compare to a natural history of the disease on the fellow eye, the final result on both eyes today is identical and below the legal blindness range. We use PDT as a monotherapy for example in management of choroidal hemangioma now-a-days as two next cases show. There were lesions localized peripapillary and bigger than the maximum laser spot size respectively. So called “floating spot” was performed - principle of which we had published previously elsewhere.
Key words:
photodynamic therapy, verteporfin, age related macular degeneration, choroidal hemangioma, floating spot
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