Thermal papillitis after dye red photocoagulation of a peripapillary choroidal neovascular membrane.
Thermal papillitis is a previously unrecognized complication of photocoagulation for peripapillary choroidal neovascularization. This report describes a patient in whom transient thermal papillitis, choroidal ischemia, and two small branch retinal arteriolar occlusions developed after dye red photocoagulation of an idiopathic peripapillary choroidal neovascular membrane.
Bloom
S M
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Louisville Retina Associates, Kentucky 40202.
D002829:Choroid / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000601:surgery; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D005654:Fundus Oculi; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000209:etiology; D008028:Light Coagulation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009389:Neovascularization, Pathologic; D009898:Optic Disk / Q000601:surgery*; D009902:Optic Neuritis / Q000209:etiology*; D015356:Retinal Artery Occlusion / Q000209:etiology