title: Clinicopathologic correlation of laser lesion expansion after treatment of choroidal neovascularization.
abstract: The clinicopathologic features of photocoagulation lesion expansion after two separate sessions of krypton red laser for choroidal neovascularization (CNV) in an eye with age-related macular degeneration are presented. The area of expansion is characterized by retinal pigment epithelial atrophy and loss of the photoreceptor cell layer. A thin margin of retinal pigment epithelium hypopigmentation and variable photoreceptor cell layer degeneration also borders the lesion in some areas.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Dastgheib
authors.forename: S B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Bressler
authors.forename: W R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Green
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001284:Atrophy / Q000473:pathology; D002829:Choroid / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D005654:Fundus Oculi; D006801:Humans; D017075:Laser Coagulation / Q000009:adverse effects; D008268:Macular Degeneration / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D009389:Neovascularization, Pathologic / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D010786:Photoreceptor Cells / Q000473:pathology*; D010857:Pigment Epithelium of Eye / Q000473:pathology*; D012008:Recurrence; D012086:Reoperation