title: Photodynamic therapy with verteporfin for subfoveal choroidal neovascularization in children.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report the safety of photodynamic therapy with verteporfin in three children.
  
  
  METHODS
  Retrospective interventional noncomparative case series.
  
  
  METHODS
  Children identified from all patients treated with verteporfin therapy at a university-based practice had records reviewed for adverse retinal or systemic events.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Patients aged 11, 11, and 13 years, with subfoveal idiopathic choroidal neovascularization (CNV) received verteporfin therapy with no ocular complications recognized either immediately after the procedure or during the follow-up from 7 to 12 months. Treatment resulted in cessation of fluorescence leakage from CNV by the last follow-up visit in two patients and reduced leakage from the lesion in one. The visual acuity change was + 4, +7, and 0 lines.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Verteporfin therapy in three children with subfoveal CNV was associated with stable or improved vision during short-term follow-up in the absence of serious ocular or systemic adverse events.
authors.affiliation: Retinal Vascular Center, Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland 21205-2002, USA.
authors.forename: Karin F
authors.initials: KF
authors.lastname: Mimouni
authors.forename: Susan B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Bressler
authors.forename: Neil M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Bressler
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002199:Capillary Permeability; D002648:Child; D020256:Choroidal Neovascularization / Q000188:drug therapy*; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005584:Fovea Centralis / Q000187:drug effects*; D006801:Humans; D010778:Photochemotherapy; D017319:Photosensitizing Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011166:Porphyrins / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012449:Safety; D000077362:Verteporfin; D014792:Visual Acuity
chemical_list: D017319:Photosensitizing Agents; D011166:Porphyrins; D000077362:Verteporfin