A large retinal capillary hemangioma in the anterior retina treated with photodynamic therapy.
OBJECTIVE
To report a case of a large anterior retinal capillary hemangioma (RCH) treated successfully with photodynamic therapy (PDT).


METHODS
Case report.


RESULTS
A 12-mm-large RCH located in the anterior retina, with vision-threatening exudative complications that had not responded to cryotherapy and repeated laser photocoagulations, was treated with PDT using verteporfin. Exudation regressed and tumor growth arrested after treatment.


CONCLUSIONS
PDT can be delivered effectively to a lesion in the anterior retina and should be included as an option for treating anteriorly located RCH when conventional cryotherapy and laser photocoagulation fail.
Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR, China.
Janice
J
Cheung
Gary K Y
GK
Lee
Clement C Y
CC
Tham