Laser photocoagulation for choroidal neovascularization associated with sympathetic ophthalmia.
OBJECTIVE
To present a case of choroidal neovascularization associated with sympathetic ophthalmia successfully treated with photocoagulation.


METHODS
Interventional case report.


METHODS
A 41-year-old man with a history of penetrating injury right eye, as well as sympathetic ophthalmia left eye, developed a classic choroidal neovascular membrane that threatened the center of the fovea.


RESULTS
The patient was treated with argon laser photocoagulation. He has maintained stable visual acuity without evidence of recurrence of the membrane with 4 years' follow-up.


CONCLUSIONS
Thermal laser should be considered as a treatment option in cases of choroidal neovascularization associated with sympathetic ophthalmia.
Borkowski
L M
LM
Department of Ophthalmology, Northwestern University Medical School, 645 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL 60611, USA.
Weinberg
D V
DV
Delany
C M
CM
Milsow
L
L
D000328:Adult; D020256:Choroidal Neovascularization / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D015353:Eye Enucleation; D015807:Eye Injuries, Penetrating / Q000150:complications; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D006801:Humans; D017075:Laser Coagulation; D008297:Male; D009879:Ophthalmia, Sympathetic / Q000150:complications*; D014792:Visual Acuity