PURPOSE To determine whether thalidomide therapy can prevent a recurrence of a choroidal neovascular membrane in a patient with punctate inner choroidopathy. METHODS Case report. In a 38-year-old woman with bilateral punctate inner choroidopathy, thalidomide therapy was initiated three days after laser photocoagulation of a choroidal neovascular membrane. RESULTS The patient had a recurrenc...

BACKGROUND Non-arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (NA-AION) is one of the most common types of ischemic optic neuropathy. Several recent studies suggested that abnormalities of choroidal thickness might be associated with NA-AION. The main objective of this case-control study was to evaluate whether choroidal thickness is an ocular risk factor for the development of NA-AION by evaluat...

Acute traumatic maculopathy included a spectrum of disorders following blunt ocular trauma, such as pigment epitheliopathy, commotio retina, and choroidal rupture.

The choroid is the most common site for intraocular metastatic disease. Photodynamic therapy (PDT) can effectively destroy malignant tissue and induce anti-tumor activity. Recent publications support its use as an effective therapy for the treatment of choroidal metastases, especially in the subfoveal region, resulting in subsequent vision preservation or improvement. Here, we introduce a case ...

Choroidal osteomas are benign, juxtapapillary, choroidal tumors that mandate no treatment. They occur predominantly in young (median age, 20 years) females (90%). While ophthalmoscopy and fluorescein angiography reveal suggestive ophthalmic findings, echography, plain radiography, and especially computed tomography (CT) are important in establishing the correct diagnosis. These lesions may be c...

The choroid is a highly pigmented and vascularized ocular tissue providing the vascular supply of the outer retinal layers. It may be affected by various retinal and choroidal diseases such as age-related macular degeneration (AMD), polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV), central serous chorioretinopathy (CSCR), age-related choroidal atrophy (ARCA), high/pathologic myopia, choroidal melanoma, ...

Both choroidal neovascularization during pregnancy, and choroidal neovascularization following implantation of phakic intraocular lenses have been reported in the literature. To our knowledge, this is the first case reported of a gravid woman developing choroidal neovascularization in an eye with a phakic intraocular lens. A 31-year-old woman became aware of her pregnancy three weeks after plac...

Choroidal osteoma is an uncommon benign osseous intraocular tumor that typically affects young adult women. Choroidal neovascularization (CNV) is one of the complications that can develop in eyes with choroidal osteoma. We present a case of CNV secondary to choroidal osteoma treated with intravitreal ranibizumab. A 57-year-old lady presented with painless loss of vision with a right-eye visual ...

Background: Retinal vein occlusions are one of the most common form of retinal vascular disorders and could lead to vision loss due to macular edema, macular ischemia and sequelae from neovascularization. Anti-venous endothelial growth factor (anti-VEGF) treatment is the choice strategy of treatment for patients with macular edema secondary to central retinal vein occlusion (CRVO). There is an ...

CLINICAL CASE A patient had bilateral angioid streaks complicated by cicatricial degeneration in the left eye and subfoveal choroidal neovascularization in the right eye. Photodynamic therapy resulted in a favorable response with normalization of the visual acuity and angiographic resolution of the lesions. DISCUSSION The most serious complication of angioid streaks is choroidal neovasculariz...