Idiopathic juxtapapillary polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy in the papillomacular bundle: treatment with photodynamic therapy: two years follow-up

Daniel Vilaplana; Vladimir Poposki; Daniel Martín; Ana Martínez-Palmer; Miguel Castilla

doi:10.1097/ICB.0b013e31813c677a

Idiopathic juxtapapillary polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy in the papillomacular bundle: treatment with photodynamic therapy: two years follow-up

Retin Cases Brief Rep. 2008 Fall;2(4):325-7. doi: 10.1097/ICB.0b013e31813c677a.

Authors

Daniel Vilaplana¹, Vladimir Poposki, Daniel Martín, Ana Martínez-Palmer, Miguel Castilla

Affiliation

¹ From the Departament d'Oftalmologia, Hospitals del Mar i ĺEsperança, Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.

PMID: 25390604
DOI: 10.1097/ICB.0b013e31813c677a

Abstract

Purpose: To evaluate the efficacy of photodynamic therapy (PDT) in a patient with juxtapapillary idiopathic polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (IPCV) in the papillomacular bundle.

Methods: One session of PDT using a spot size with diameter of 1000 μm in the center of the juxtapapillary lesion was applied.

Patient: A 75-year-old woman with decreased vision (20/80) in her right eye over a period of 1 year.

Results: After a follow-up of 2 years, the best-corrected visual acuity was 20/32, the lesion remained sclerosed, and lipids have disappeared.

Conclusion: PDT represented a good treatment for this patient with juxtapapillary IPCV.