Argon laser photoablation of a choroidal osteoma.
Choroidal osteomas are rare, juxtapapillary choroidal tumors, which are usually unilateral but can be bilateral in as many as 30% of patients. Choroidal neovascularization may complicate this condition and be associated with severe visual loss. A patient treated with argon laser photocoagulation for SRNVM is described, and clinical and radiographic evidence of destruction of the osteoma during an 8-year follow-up is presented. The possible mechanisms of laser's ablative effect on bone, in addition to clinical application for choroidal osteoma treatment, are discussed.
Rose
S J
SJ
Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston.
Burke
J F
JF
Brockhurst
R J
RJ
D000328:Adult; D002830:Choroid Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005654:Fundus Oculi; D006801:Humans; D008028:Light Coagulation; D010016:Osteoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014792:Visual Acuity