[Circumscribed choroidal hemangioma treated with photodynamic therapy].
METHODS
A 45-year-old male referred with a scotoma in the left eye of 2 months' evolution. A peripapillary tumor was found, with a basal diameter of 7 mm and thickness 3.4 mm. It was diagnosed as a circumscribed choroidal hemangioma. It was decided to treat the patient using photodynamic therapy. After 4 sessions and 17 months follow-up, the patient remained asymptomatic and visual acuity was stable. There was evidence of subretinal fibrosis and no subretinal fluid was found.


CONCLUSIONS
Photodynamic therapy is a good option for the treatment of circumscribed choroidal hemangioma given the minimal damage is causes to the adjacent retina.
López-Quero
M C
MC
Servicio de Oftalmología, Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca, Murcia, España. lopquer@hotmail.com
Casas-Fernández
A
A
Lucas-Elío
G
G
Rodríguez-González-Herrero
M E
ME
Marín-Sánchez
J M
JM
D002830:Choroid Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010778:Photochemotherapy