title: Observation or surgical excision of bilateral subfoveal choroidal neovascularization in Best disease.
abstract: The purpose of this article is to describe a case of bilateral neovascularization complicating Best Disease. A 12-year-old patient with bilateral neovascularization was managed with observation in the right eye and surgical removal in the other eye. Visual acuity, biomicroscopy and fluorangiography were carried out from 1997 to 2005. The right eye did not experience any change in visual acuity from baseline (20/50) while left eye varied from 20/200 to 20/32. Macular exudative-hemorrhagic manifestations resolved bilaterally. Eight years later, VA and retinal findings were unchanged. In this case, although VA was reasonably good in both eyes, it is difficult to assess the prognosis of surgically excised neovascularization vs natural history, also considering that nowadays photodynamic therapy and antiangiogenetic drugs are considered the therapy of choice in subfoveal neovascularization.
authors.affiliation: Fondazione Retina 3000, Ospedale Vizzolo Predabissi, Melegnano, Milan, Italy. pece.retina@mclink.it
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pece
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Milani
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pierro
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Trabucchi
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Brancato
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D020256:Choroidal Neovascularization / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005122:Exudates and Transudates / Q000378:metabolism; D005124:Eye Abnormalities / Q000150:complications / Q000235:genetics; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D005584:Fovea Centralis; D005654:Fundus Oculi; D005799:Genes, Dominant; D006801:Humans; D008266:Macula Lutea / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D010857:Pigment Epithelium of Eye / Q000002:abnormalities*; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D012166:Retinal Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence; D028761:Withholding Treatment