Subretinal neovascularization in a pseudophakic eye treated with krypton laser photocoagulation. A clinicopathologic case report.
A 76-year-old myopic woman who had undergone bilateral extracapsular cataract extractions and received posterior intraocular lens implants underwent two sessions of krypton laser photocoagulation for subretinal neovascularization secondary to age-related macular degeneration in her right eye. The patient expired and histopathologic examination of her treated eye showed a posterior chamber intraocular lens with both haptics in the ciliary sulcus, areas of macular degeneration, evidence of krypton laser photocoagulation including a full-thickness retinal scar, and an area of clinically unsuspected subretinal neovascularization.
D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007910:Lenses, Intraocular; D008028:Light Coagulation; D008268:Macular Degeneration / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D009389:Neovascularization, Pathologic; D012160:Retina / Q000473:pathology; D012171:Retinal Vessels / Q000601:surgery*