Photodynamic treatment of a secondary vasoproliferative tumour associated with sector retinitis pigmentosa and Usher syndrome type I

Osman S. A., Aylin Y., Gul A., Celikel H.

CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL OPHTHALMOLOGY, cilt.35, sa.2, ss.191-193, 2007 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Kısa Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 35 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2007
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2007.01440.x
  • Dergi Adı: CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL OPHTHALMOLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.191-193
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: fluorescein angiography, indocyanine green angiography, photodynamic therapy, Usher syndrome, vasoproliferative tumour, THERAPY
  • Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Vasoproliferative tumours may be primary or secondary and present with severe exudation leading to marked visual loss. We describe a 47-year-old man with unilateral secondary vasoproliferative tumour associated with sector retinitis pigmentosa and Usher I syndrome who was successfully treated with a single session of photodynamic treatment. Standard treatment protocol was used except that the treatment duration was doubled. A year after the treatment, the angioma-like tumour vanished and exudation was dramatically reduced. Photodynamic therapy seems to be a minimally invasive and safe technique in eyes with secondary vasoproliferative tumours.