title: Photodynamic therapy for polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy secondary to choroidal nevus.
abstract: We report a case of a Caucasian female who developed active polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV) at the edge of a stable choroidal nevus and was successfully treated with verteporfin photodynamic therapy. No active polyp was detectable on indocyanine green angiography 2 years after treatment, and good vision was maintained. Indocyanine green angiography is a useful investigation to diagnose PCV and may be underutilized. Unlike treatment of choroidal neovascularization secondary to choroidal nevus, management of PCV secondary to nevus may not require intravitreal anti-vascular endothelial growth factor therapy. Photodynamic monotherapy may be an effective treatment of secondary PCV.
authors.affiliation: Strathfield Retina Clinic, Sydney, NSW, Australia; Medical Retina Unit, Sydney Eye Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia; Save Sight Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
authors.forename: James G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.affiliation: Strathfield Retina Clinic, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
authors.forename: Xin Jie
authors.initials: XJ
authors.lastname: Lai
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
authors.forename: Richard Y
authors.initials: RY
authors.lastname: Sarafian
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
authors.forename: Hon Seng
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.affiliation: Ophthalmology Clinic, Children's Hospital Westmead, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
authors.forename: Jeremy B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Smith
keywords: OCT; PEDs; chorioretinopathy; fluorescein angiography; indocyanine green angiography; optical coherence tomography; pigment epithelium detachments; subretinal fluid