Systemic sarcoidosis manifested as unilateral eyelid retraction.

نویسندگان

  • Raed Behbehani
  • Karen S Nipper
  • Ralph C Eagle
  • Jurij R Bilyk
چکیده

symptomatic retinal astrocytic hamartomaswouldhavebeentreatmentby laser, which has the undesirable adverse effect of thermal destruction of theneurosensoryretina.Delayoftreatment,however,couldhaveresultedin vitreous hemorrhage, a possible late complicationofgrowingretinalhamartomas. Our case demonstrates the successfuloutcomeofa symptomatic astrocytic hamartoma after 1 session of PDT that resulted in the resolution ofsubretinalfluid,disappearanceoftumor vessels, and improved vision.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Archives of ophthalmology

دوره 124 4  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2006