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01-07-2005 | Case Report

Diffuse choroidal haemangioma in Sturge–Weber syndrome treated with photodynamic therapy under general anaesthesia

Authors: E. A. Huiskamp, R. P. H. M. Müskens, A. Ballast, J. M. M. Hooymans

Published in: Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology | Issue 7/2005

Abstract

Purpose

To report the treatment outcome of photodynamic therapy with verteporfin (PDT) for exudative retinal detachment associated with diffuse choroidal haemangioma in Sturge–Weber syndrome.

Methods

An interventional case report of a 12-year-old girl with Sturge–Weber syndrome who developed an exudative retinal detachment (visual acuity 20/400) that was treated with PDT under general anaesthesia. PDT was performed according to the standard (macular degeneration) protocol, using three nonoverlapping spots of 4,000 μm.

Results

Subretinal fluid resolved completely over a period of 5 months and visual acuity increased to 20/50. No side effects of the PDT treatment were encountered during 9 months’ follow-up.

Conclusion

In our patient PDT with verteporfin effectively resolved the exudative retinal detachment associated with a diffuse choroidal haemangioma. Resolution of subretinal fluid occurred over several months without retreatment. We noted no side effects of the combination PDT and general anaesthesia, nor did we encounter ocular side effects of the treatment.

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Title: Diffuse choroidal haemangioma in Sturge–Weber syndrome treated with photodynamic therapy under general anaesthesia
Authors: E. A. Huiskamp
R. P. H. M. Müskens
A. Ballast
J. M. M. Hooymans
Publication date: 01-07-2005
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology / Issue 7/2005
Print ISSN: 0721-832X
Electronic ISSN: 1435-702X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00417-004-1102-9

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Diffuse choroidal haemangioma in Sturge–Weber syndrome treated with photodynamic therapy under general anaesthesia

Abstract

Purpose

Methods

Results

Conclusion

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