title: Subretinal hemorrhage after photodynamic therapy for juxtapapillary retinal capillary hemangioma.
abstract: A 75-year-old Japanese woman presented with a juxtapapillary retinal capillary hemangioma (RCH) in her left eye. Twelve months after the initial examination, the size of the hemangioma had increased and the exudation from the RCH involved the macula. Her best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) had decreased from 0.8 to 0.3. A total of five intravitreal injections of bevacizumab (IVB; 1.25 mg) was given but the RCH did not respond. A photodynamic therapy (PDT) was done using multiple laser spots to avoid damaging the optic nerve head. After the first PDT, the subfoveal fluid was reduced but not completely gone. One week after the second PDT, a massive subretinal hemorrhage developed. The subretinal hemorrhage was successfully displaced by injecting intraocular sulfur hexafluoride (SF(6)) gas. At the 3-year follow-up examination, no subretinal hemorrhage or fluid was observed at the macula and the BCVA remained at 0.05. Our case was resistant to the combination of anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and PDT and had a rare massive subretinal hemorrhage. A further collection of RCH cases treated with anti-VEGF and PDT that would justify this treatment is necessary.
authors: Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan.
authors: Takayuki
authors: T
authors: Baba
authors: Masayasu
authors: M
authors: Kitahashi
authors: Mariko
authors: M
authors: Kubota-Taniai
authors: Toshiyuki
authors: T
authors: Oshitari
authors: Shuichi
authors: S
authors: Yamamoto
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