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Journal of Retina-Vitreous
2009, Volume 17, Number 4, Page(s) 295-297
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Photodynamic Therapy in a Case of Choroidal Hemangioma
Nurten ÜNLÜ1, Dicle HAZIROLAN2, Mehmet Akif ACAR1, Necati DEMİR2, Resim KASIM2
1SB Ankara Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi, Göz Hastalıkları, Ankara, Doç. Dr.
2SB Ankara Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi, Göz Hastalıkları, Ankara, Uzm. Dr.
Keywords: Choroidal hemangioma, photodynamic therapy

To report a case of circumscribed choroidal hemangioma treated with photodynamic therapy (PDT). A 39-year-old man with extramacular circumscribed choroidal hemangioma presented with a visual acuity of 0.4. Tumor height was 3.1 mm with B scan ultrasonography. Standard PDT was applied. Periodic follow-up was performed with ophthalmoscopy, fundus fluoresein angiography, and ultrasonography. Vertoporfin 6 mg/m2 was given as an intravenous infusion over 10 minutes. A diode laser with an intensity of 600 mW/cm2 was applied for 83 seconds (50 J/cm2) 5 minutes after the completion of infusion. The visual acuity improved to 1.0 at 3 months. There were no complications during the one-year follow-up and visual acuity remained stable. PDT is an effective and safe method in the treatment of circumscribed choroidal hemangioma.

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