title: Late-onset visual decline following successful treatment of subfoveal choroidal neovascularisation with photodynamic therapy.
abstract: Photodynamic therapy (PDT) has been shown in large studies to be capable of achieving closure of choroidal neovascularization (CNV), thereby resulting in stabilization of visual acuity. We report a series of four patients with classic CNV treated with PDT with good initial result but subsequent severe visual loss that may be related to a change in the morphology of the subretinal scar.
authors.affiliation: Wolverhampton Eye Infirmary, Compton Road, Wolverhampton, WV3 9QR, UK. bhatnagar_ajay@btopenworld.com
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bhatnagar
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Musadiq
authors.forename: Y C
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Yang
mesh_terms: D020256:Choroidal Neovascularization / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D002921:Cicatrix / Q000150:complications; D003286:Contracture / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008268:Macular Degeneration / Q000150:complications; D010778:Photochemotherapy; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D014792:Visual Acuity