TY - JOUR
A2 - Zarbin, Marco A.
AU - Monteiro, Sílvia
AU - Casal, Inês
AU - Santos, Marinho
AU - Meireles, Angelina
PY - 2014
DA - 2014/05/07
TI - Photodynamic Therapy for Diffuse Choroidal Hemangioma in Sturge-Weber Syndrome
SP - 452372
VL - 2014
AB - Purpose. To report the treatment outcome of photodynamic therapy with verteporfin (PDT) for exudative retinal detachment (RD) associated with diffuse choroidal hemangioma in Sturge-Weber syndrome (SWS). Methods. An interventional case report of a 10-year-old girl with SWS who developed an exudative RD (visual acuity hand motions) that was treated with PDT. She was treated with a first session of multispot PDT. Posteriorly, a choroidotomy for drainage of subretinal fluid was created, combined with an intravitreal injection of gas (SF6) and cryoapplication. Finally, a second session of PDT was applied. Results. Subretinal fluid resolved over a period of one year and visual acuity increased to 20/125. Conclusions. PDT is an effective therapeutic option for exudative RD associated with diffuse choroidal hemangioma.
SN - 1687-9627
UR - https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/452372
DO - 10.1155/2014/452372
JF - Case Reports in Medicine
PB - Hindawi Publishing Corporation
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