Successful photodynamic therapy with verteporfin for recurrent choroidal neovascularization beneath the new fovea after macular translocation surgery with 360-degree retinotomy

Am J Ophthalmol. 2003 Sep;136(3):560-3. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9394(03)00268-x.

Abstract

Purpose: To report a case of successfully treated recurrent choroidal neovascularization after macular translocation surgery with 360-degree retinotomy by photodynamic therapy with verteporfin.

Design: Interventional case report.

Methods: A 76-year-old man developed recurrent choroidal neovascularization at the new fovea after macular translocation surgery with 360-degree retinotomy.

Results: Two sessions of photodynamic therapy were applied, which resolved the choroidal neovascularization. Best-corrected visual acuity improved to 20/50 at the 6 and 12 months follow-up.

Conclusion: Photodynamic therapy may be an option for treatment of recurrent choroidal neovascularization in the new subfoveal region after macular translocation surgery with 360-degree retinotomy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Choroid Diseases / complications
  • Choroidal Neovascularization / drug therapy*
  • Choroidal Neovascularization / etiology
  • Fluorescein Angiography
  • Fovea Centralis
  • Humans
  • Indocyanine Green
  • Macula Lutea / transplantation*
  • Male
  • Photochemotherapy*
  • Photosensitizing Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Porphyrins / therapeutic use*
  • Postoperative Complications*
  • Recurrence
  • Retinal Hemorrhage / etiology
  • Retinal Hemorrhage / surgery
  • Verteporfin

Substances

  • Photosensitizing Agents
  • Porphyrins
  • Verteporfin
  • Indocyanine Green