Persistent choroidal thickening despite photodynamic therapy for circumscribed choroidal hemangioma.
A 19-year-old man presented with blurred vision in the right eye, which was diagnosed as a circumscribed choroidal hemangioma. The choroidal thickening on B-scan ultrasonography persisted after receiving repeat photodynamic therapy with verteporfin, although there was regression of the tumor.
Smt. Kanuri Santhamma Retina-Vitreous Services, L. V Prasad Eye Institute, L.V. Prasad Marg Banjara Hills, Hyderabad 500 034, India.
Nazimul
N
Hussain
Taraprasad
T
Das
L S Mohan
LS
Ram
Kallukuri
K
Sumasri
D000328:Adult; D002829:Choroid / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D002830:Choroid Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005654:Fundus Oculi; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010778:Photochemotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D017319:Photosensitizing Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011166:Porphyrins / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014463:Ultrasonography; D000077362:Verteporfin; D014792:Visual Acuity
D017319:Photosensitizing Agents; D011166:Porphyrins; D000077362:Verteporfin