title: Bilateral juvenile choroidal neovascularization associated with Best's vitelliform dystrophy: observation versus photodynamic therapy.
abstract: The authors recently observed a boy with bilateral choroidal neovascularization associated with Best's disease and compared the outcome of photodynamic therapy in one eye with the natural history of the untreated fellow eye. The final outcome of photodynamic therapy was inactive choroidal neovascularization, which seemed to be enveloped by the retinal pigment epithelium. The final appearance of the treated lesion was similar to the natural evolution of choroidal neovascularization in the untreated fellow eye.
authors.affiliation: Clinica Oculistica, Università degli Studi di Milano, Fondazione IRCCS Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Mangiagalli e Regina Elena, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Viola
authors.forename: Edoardo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Villani
authors.forename: Chiara
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mapelli
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Staurenghi
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ratiglia
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D020256:Choroidal Neovascularization / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D003317:Corneal Dystrophies, Hereditary / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005654:Fundus Oculi; D006801:Humans; D008266:Macula Lutea / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D010778:Photochemotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D017319:Photosensitizing Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011166:Porphyrins / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000077362:Verteporfin; D014792:Visual Acuity
chemical_list: D017319:Photosensitizing Agents; D011166:Porphyrins; D000077362:Verteporfin