Photodynamic therapy for polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy secondary to choroidal nevus. 2017

James G Wong, and Xin Jie Lai, and Richard Y Sarafian, and Hon Seng Wong, and Jeremy B Smith
Strathfield Retina Clinic, Sydney, NSW, Australia; Medical Retina Unit, Sydney Eye Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia; Save Sight Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

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.

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