Neovascularization after argon laser photocoagulation of macular lesions.
In three patients treated for macular degeneration with argon laser photocoagulation choroidal neovascularization occurred four to six weeks later at the photocoagulation site. Two of the patients were treated for angioid streaks of the macular region, the third patient was treated for disciform macular degeneration. Argon laser photocoagulation also induced neovascularization experimentally in pigmented rabbits.
D000792:Angiography; D000793:Angioid Streaks / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D000818:Animals; D001128:Argon; D001485:Basement Membrane; D001808:Blood Vessels; D002829:Choroid; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D006801:Humans; D053685:Laser Therapy; D007834:Lasers / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008266:Macula Lutea / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008268:Macular Degeneration / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011561:Pseudoxanthoma Elasticum / Q000150:complications; D011817:Rabbits; D012162:Retinal Degeneration / Q000601:surgery*; D012421:Rupture / Q000209:etiology
D001128:Argon