Laser photocoagulation for choroidal neovascularization associated with sympathetic ophthalmia.
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Abstract
To present a case of choroidal neovascularization associated with sympathetic ophthalmia successfully treated with photocoagulation. Interventional case report. A 41-year-old man with a history of penetrating injury right eye, as well as sympathetic ophthalmia left eye, developed a classic choroidal neovascular membrane that threatened the center of the fovea. The patient was treated with argon laser photocoagulation. He has maintained stable visual acuity without evidence of recurrence of the membrane with 4 years' follow-up. Thermal laser should be considered as a treatment option in cases of choroidal neovascularization associated with sympathetic ophthalmia.
Medical subject headings
- Choroidal Neovascularization
- Laser Coagulation
- Ophthalmia, Sympathetic