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.
Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston.
S J
SJ
Rose
J F
JF
Burke
R J
RJ
Brockhurst
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