• Title of article

    Tranpupillary thermotherapy for ubfoveal choroidal neovacularization aociated with choroidal nevu

  • Author/Authors

    Maurizio Battaglia Parodi، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2004
  • Pages
    2
  • From page
    1074
  • To page
    1075
  • Abstract
    Purpoe To decribe a patient with claic ubfoveal choroidal neovacularization (CNV) aociated with choroidal nevu, which wa uccefully treated uing tranpupillary thermotherapy. Deign Interventional cae report. Method A 53-year-old woman underwent ophthalmologic evaluation, including fluorecein and indocyanine green angiography. Clinical and angiographic data were propectively analyzed to evaluate viual acuity change and angiographic evolution. Reult Three month after tranpupillary thermotherapy, viual acuity had improved from 20/100 to 20/40. Fluorecein and indocyanine green angiogram howed abence of leakage from CNV. Final viual acuity wa 20/32 after a 15-month follow-up. Concluion Tranpupillary thermotherapy may be a viable option for ubfoveal CNV aociated with CN, although further tudie are needed to etablih the correct etting.
  • Journal title
    American Journal of Ophthalmology
  • Serial Year
    2004
  • Journal title
    American Journal of Ophthalmology
  • Record number

    625275