Chorioretinal Anastomosis After Photodynamic Therapy for Polypoidal Choroidal Vasculopathy: CRA After PDT for PCV

Overview

Journal Int Ophthalmol

Specialty Ophthalmology

Date 2007 Aug 19

PMID 17701101

Citations 1

Authors

Yuko Yodoi

Akitaka Tsujikawa

Atsushi Otani

Hiroko Aikawa

Nagahisa Yoshimura

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Abstract

An 80-year-old woman was treated with photodynamic therapy (PDT) to the left eye for polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV). About 3 months after PDT, her left eye developed a chorioretinal anastomosis with severe atrophy of the retinal pigment epithelium in the macula; visual acuity in this eye was 20/1000. She received a second session of PDT, plus an intravitreal injection of triamcinolone acetonide. About 3 months after the second treatment, the chorioretinal anastomosis was enlarged and the retinal vessels involved in the anastomosis were more dilated. About 1 year after the first PDT, visual acuity in the left eye had stabilized at 20/400. Development of a chorioretinal anastomosis is a distinct possibility following PDT in eyes with PCV, and can lead to poor visual recovery.

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