Surgical outcome for removal of subfoveal choroidal neovascular membranes in children.
OBJECTIVE
To asses the surgical outcome of subfoveal choroidal neovascular membranes in children.


METHODS
Two eyes with Best disease and one with idiopathic subfoveal choroidal neovascular membrane underwent vitrectomy and extraction of the subfoveal neovascular membrane.


RESULTS
All the three eyes had significant improvement in their visual acuity and there was no recurrence of choroidal neovascular membrane.


CONCLUSIONS
Surgical removal of subfoveal choroidal neovascular membrane in children carries good visual prognosis in selected cases.
Jain
Kantilal
K
Department of Ophthalmology, Toronto Western Hospital, Ontario, Canada. drbkjain@yahoo.com
Shafiq
Ayad E
AE
Devenyi
Robert G
RG
D002648:Child; D020256:Choroidal Neovascularization / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D005584:Fovea Centralis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008566:Membranes; D012162:Retinal Degeneration / Q000150:complications; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014792:Visual Acuity; D014821:Vitrectomy