Retinal capillary angioma in familial exudative vitreoretinopathy treated with photodynamic therapy.
OBJECTIVE
To report a case of familial exudative vitreoretinopathy with a retinal capillary angioma and persistent macular exudation treated with photodynamic therapy.


METHODS
Interventional case report.


METHODS
A 39-year-old woman with familial exudative vitreoretinopathy presented with an intraretinal capillary angioma temporally with persistent macular exudation despite previous vitrectomy and thermal laser. Photodynamic therapy to the retinal angioma was performed.


RESULTS
Three months after photodynamic therapy, vision was stable at 20/200 with a reduction in lesion size on B-scan ultrasonography and no leakage on fluorescein angiography. With 10 months of follow-up there was no recurrence of leakage.


CONCLUSIONS
Retinal capillary angioma may be present in association with familial exudative vitreoretinopathy, and photodynamic therapy may provide a good alternative treatment to decrease exudation.
Javellana
Juan Antonio Grau
JA
Division of Ophthalmology, Department of Surgery, University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine and The Queen's Medical Center, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813, USA.
Drouilhet
John H
JH
Kokame
Gregg T
GT
Chee
Percival H Y
PH
Wong
Byron M W
BM
D000328:Adult; D005122:Exudates and Transudates; D005260:Female; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D018324:Hemangioma, Capillary / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D017075:Laser Coagulation; D010778:Photochemotherapy; D017319:Photosensitizing Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011166:Porphyrins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D019572:Retinal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D000077362:Verteporfin; D014792:Visual Acuity; D014821:Vitrectomy; D018630:Vitreoretinopathy, Proliferative / Q000235:genetics*
D017319:Photosensitizing Agents; D011166:Porphyrins; D000077362:Verteporfin