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Case Reports
. 2004 Dec;242(12):1028-30.
doi: 10.1007/s00417-004-0894-y. Epub 2004 Apr 3.

Photodynamic therapy-treated choroidal neovascular membrane secondary to toxoplasmic retinochoroiditis

Leonardo Bruno Oliveira  1 , Pedro Augusto Reis
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Photodynamic therapy-treated choroidal neovascular membrane secondary to toxoplasmic retinochoroiditis

Leonardo Bruno Oliveira et al. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2004 Dec.

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.

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