title: Photodynamic therapy for best disease complicated by choroidal neovascularization in children.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe the results of photodynamic therapy (PDT) with verteporfin for the treatment of choroidal neovascularization (CNV) associated with Best vitelliform macular dystrophy (BVMD) in children.
  
  
  METHODS
  Five eyes of four children diagnosed as having BVMD complicated by CNV received a single session of PDT. Response to treatment was monitored with fluorescein angiography and optical coherence tomography.
  
  
  RESULTS
  All eyes responded well to one session of PDT with significant increases in visual acuity in four of the five eyes. Increase or stabilization of visual acuity was preserved during a mean follow-up period of 25 months.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  PDT may be an effective treatment for CNV associated with BVMD in children.
authors: Gazi University, School of Medicine, Ophthalmology Department, Ankara, Turkey. sozdek@gazi.edu.tr
authors: Sengul
authors: S
authors: Ozdek
authors: Mehmet Cuneyt
authors: MC
authors: Ozmen
authors: Hasan Ali
authors: HA
authors: Tufan
authors: Gokhan
authors: G
authors: Gurelik
authors: Berati
authors: B
authors: Hasanreisoglu
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D020256:Choroidal Neovascularization / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D004585:Electrooculography; D005260:Female; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010778:Photochemotherapy; D017319:Photosensitizing Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011166:Porphyrins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence; D000077362:Verteporfin; D014792:Visual Acuity / Q000502:physiology; D057826:Vitelliform Macular Dystrophy / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D017319:Photosensitizing Agents; D011166:Porphyrins; D000077362:Verteporfin