Title of article
ubmacular urgery for choroidal neovacularization econdary to optic nerve druen
Author/Authors
Yukel ullu، نويسنده , , Levent Y?ld?z، نويسنده , , Dilek Erkan، نويسنده ,
Issue Information
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2003
Pages
4
From page
367
To page
370
Abstract
Purpoe
To report a cae of bilateral choroidal neovaularization (CNV) econdary to optic nerve druen (OND).
Deign
Interventional cae report.
Method
A 9-year-old girl preented with peripapillary CNV of the right eye and peripapillary and ubfoveal CNV of the left eye econdary to OND. The CNV wa excied with ubmacular urgery in the left eye.
Reult
Viual acuity increaed from 0.05 to 0.3 in the left eye after ubmacular urgery and did not change from 0.3 in the right eye during 6-month follow-up. Partial retinal pigment epithelial atrophy, but no recurrence of CNV, wa oberved after CNV exciion.
Concluion
ubfoveal CNV i an uncommon complication of OND and urgical exciion may be ueful in elected cae.
Journal title
American Journal of Ophthalmology
Serial Year
2003
Journal title
American Journal of Ophthalmology
Record number
624344
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