Leonardo Bruno Oliveira1, Pedro Augusto Reis. 1. HOBC-Hospital de Olhos Brasil Central, Rua Tapuirama 281 ap. 704, 38400-436 Uberlândia, MG, Brazil. leonardobruno@hotmail.com
Abstract
PURPOSE: To report the result of photodynamic therapy with Visudyne (PDT) on a child with choroidal neovascular membrane (CNV) secondary to toxoplasmic retinochoroiditis. METHODS: An 11-year-old child with a unilateral lowering of visual acuity secondary to an extrafoveal choroidal neovascular membrane was submitted to PDT. RESULTS: One week after PDT, the patient's vision had improved from 10/160 to 20/70, with marked improvement in the angiographic findings. The CNV evolved with decreasing of leakage until 45 days after operation, when it regressed to a chorioretinal scar formation, with final vision of 20/25. CONCLUSION: PDT promoted an early recovery of visual acuity in an eye with choroidal neovascularization secondary to toxoplasmic retinochoroiditis.
PURPOSE: To report the result of photodynamic therapy with Visudyne (PDT) on a child with choroidal neovascular membrane (CNV) secondary to toxoplasmic retinochoroiditis. METHODS: An 11-year-old child with a unilateral lowering of visual acuity secondary to an extrafoveal choroidal neovascular membrane was submitted to PDT. RESULTS: One week after PDT, the patient's vision had improved from 10/160 to 20/70, with marked improvement in the angiographic findings. The CNV evolved with decreasing of leakage until 45 days after operation, when it regressed to a chorioretinal scar formation, with final vision of 20/25. CONCLUSION: PDT promoted an early recovery of visual acuity in an eye with choroidal neovascularization secondary to toxoplasmic retinochoroiditis.
Authors: Ana Luiza Fontes de Azevedo Costa; Thiago Gonçalves Dos Santos Martins; Francisco Javier Solano Moncada; Mário Martins dos Santos Motta Journal: Einstein (Sao Paulo) Date: 2014 Jan-Mar