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Case Reports
. 2004 Sep-Oct;14(5):434-7.

Bilateral CNV associated with optic nerve drusen treated with photodynamic therapy with verteporfin

R Silva  1 , T Torrent, R Loureiro, A Travassos, J Rui Faria de Abreu
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Case Reports

Bilateral CNV associated with optic nerve drusen treated with photodynamic therapy with verteporfin

R Silva et al. Eur J Ophthalmol. 2004 Sep-Oct.

Abstract

Purpose: To report a case of bilateral choroidal neovascularization (CNV) associated with optic nerve drusen (OND) treated with photodynamic therapy (PDT) with verteporfin.

Methods: A 10-year-old girl with juxtapapillary CNV in the right eye and juxtapapillary and juxtafoveal CNV in the left eye associated with OND underwent PDT with verteporfin in both eyes.

Results: Visual acuity increased from 20/160 to 20/25 in the right eye and from 20/1000 to 20/25 in the left eye after two sessions of PDT and 2 years of follow-up. CNV showed no leakage after two PDT sessions in both eyes and no recurrence was observed.

Conclusions: Subfoveal CNV is an uncommon complication of OND and excellent anatomic and functional results can be obtained with PDT.

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