title: Intravitreal triamcinolone in the treatment of serous pigment epithelial detachment and occult choroidal neovascularization secondary to age-related macular degeneration.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report two cases of occult choroidal neovascularization (CNV) and serous pigment epithelial detachment (PED) treated with intravitreal triamcinolone (IVT) injections.
  
  
  METHODS
  Interventional case reports.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Both patients showed an increase in visual acuity and a complete flattening of the PED at 10 months (Case 1) and 4 months (Case 2) after IVT injections. No complications or adverse effects are reported.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Future studies should be designed to investigate if IVT can effectively influence the clinical and functional outcome of eyes with serous PED and occult CNV secondary to age-related macular degeneration, for which at the moment no treatment has been shown to be effective.
authors.affiliation: University Eye Clinic of Genova, Genova, Italy. massimo.nicolo@hsanmartino.it
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nicolò
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ghiglione
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lai
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Calabria
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D020256:Choroidal Neovascularization / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005654:Fundus Oculi; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D006801:Humans; D007267:Injections; D008268:Macular Degeneration / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D010857:Pigment Epithelium of Eye / Q000473:pathology; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D014221:Triamcinolone / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D014792:Visual Acuity; D014822:Vitreous Body
chemical_list: D005938:Glucocorticoids; D014221:Triamcinolone