Recurrent retinal angiomatous proliferation after surgical ablation.
OBJECTIVE
To report a case of retinal angiomatous proliferation (RAP) treated by ablation of the feeding and draining vessels that recurred by 6 months postoperatively.


METHODS
Interventional case report.


METHODS
Images from fluorescein angiography, indocyanine green (ICG) angiography, and optical coherence tomography (OCT) were examined before and after ablation.


RESULTS
The hot spot on late-phase ICG, the leakage on fluorescein angiography, the pigment epithelial detachment, and macular edema on OCT decreased postoperatively. However, a large hyperfluorescent lesion was detected on ICG 6 months postoperatively with recurrent cystoid macular edema.


CONCLUSIONS
A new RAP lesion can develop even after the original lesion seemed to resolve after ablation.
Sakimoto
Susumu
S
Department of Ophthalmology, Osaka University Medical School, 2-2 Yamada-oka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
Gomi
Fumi
F
Sakaguchi
Hirokazu
H
Tano
Yasuo
Y
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000798:Angiomatosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D004396:Coloring Agents; D005260:Female; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007208:Indocyanine Green; D013508:Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures; D012008:Recurrence; D015861:Retinal Neovascularization / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence; D014222:Triamcinolone Acetonide / Q000627:therapeutic use
D004396:Coloring Agents; D005938:Glucocorticoids; D014222:Triamcinolone Acetonide; D007208:Indocyanine Green