Choroidal Hemangioma Treated With Photodynamic Therapy Using Verteporfin
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[Circumscribed choroidal hemangioma treated with photodynamic therapy].
CLINICAL CASE A 45-year-old male referred with a scotoma in the left eye of 2 months' evolution. A peripapillary tumor was found, with a basal diameter of 7 mm and thickness 3.4 mm. It was diagnosed as a circumscribed choroidal hemangioma. It was decided to treat the patient using photodynamic therapy. After 4 sessions and 17 months follow-up, the patient remained asymptomatic and visual acuity...
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Aim: To investigate the safety and efficacy of photodynamic therapy with verteporfin in patients with choroidal haemangioma. Methods: A non-randomised, prospective clinical investigation of 19 patients with symptomatic circumscribed choroidal haemangioma was performed. Unsuccessful pretreatment (external beam irradiation, laser photocoagulation) was performed in four patients. Patients were inc...
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AIM To investigate the safety and efficacy of photodynamic therapy with verteporfin in patients with choroidal haemangioma. METHODS A non-randomised, prospective clinical investigation of 19 patients with symptomatic circumscribed choroidal haemangioma was performed. Unsuccessful pretreatment (external beam irradiation, laser photocoagulation) was performed in four patients. Patients were inc...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Ophthalmology
سال: 2001
ISSN: 0003-9950
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.119.11.1606