Photosensitizers and Photodynamic Therapy: Verteporfin.
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a phototherapy in which a photosensitive dye is injected into a peripheral vein and activated by light in order to occlude choroidal vessels or change their permeability. PDT has been largely applied in the treatment of choroidal neovascularization (CNV), especially CNV related to age-related macular degeneration, but was also of benefit in other diseases, including central serous chorioretinopathy and choroidal hemangioma.
Maurizio
M
Battaglia Parodi
Carlo
C
La Spina
Luigi
L
Berchicci
Giuseppe
G
Petruzzi
Francesco
F
Bandello
D056833:Central Serous Chorioretinopathy / Q000188:drug therapy*; D002830:Choroid Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy*; D020256:Choroidal Neovascularization / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D010778:Photochemotherapy; D017319:Photosensitizing Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011166:Porphyrins / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000077362:Verteporfin
D017319:Photosensitizing Agents; D011166:Porphyrins; D000077362:Verteporfin