Therapeutic strategies in choroidal neovascularizations secondary to angioid streaks

Visual acuity decreased to 20/400 and remained stable over the past 2 years. Because of the poor outcome, the patient requested no further treatment (Figure 1, A and B). An alternative surgery was reported by Roth and associates, who achieved a full regression of the leakage and a postoperative visu...

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Published inAmerican journal of ophthalmology Vol. 136; no. 3; pp. 580 - 582
Main Authors Mennel, Stefan, Schmidt, Jörg C., Meyer, Carsten H.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Elsevier Inc 01.09.2003
Elsevier Limited
Subjects
Angioid Streaks - complications
Aspirin
Choroidal Neovascularization - drug therapy
Choroidal Neovascularization - etiology
Choroidal Neovascularization - surgery
Fluorescein Angiography
Humans
Laboratories
Macular degeneration
Male
Middle Aged
Older people
Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures - methods
Photochemotherapy
Photosensitizing Agents - therapeutic use
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Summary:Visual acuity decreased to 20/400 and remained stable over the past 2 years. Because of the poor outcome, the patient requested no further treatment (Figure 1, A and B). An alternative surgery was reported by Roth and associates, who achieved a full regression of the leakage and a postoperative visual acuity of 20/40 after macular translocation.4 The use of photodynamic therapy has to be critically discussed especially in case of choroidal neovascularization secondary to angioid streaks.
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ISSN:0002-9394
1879-1891
DOI:10.1016/S0002-9394(03)00338-6