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- Title
Recurrence of polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy after photodynamic therapy.
- Authors
Akitaka Tsujikawa
- Abstract
Abstract Purpose To evaluate the recurrence of polypoidal lesions after photodynamic therapy (PDT) for polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV). Methods This is a retrospective review of data on 28 patients with PCV treated with PDT. The recurrent polypoidal lesions were observed with fluorescein and indocyanine green angiography. Results In 26 of the 28 eyes the PCV remained inactive for more than 12 months after one to three treatments with PDT. Recurrence of the polypoidal lesions after more than a 12-month inactive period was reported in eight eyes: three at 15 months, two at 18 months, and three at 21 months. Kaplan-Meier estimates of recurrence were 11.5% at 15 months, 20.4% at 18 months, and 38.8% at 21 months, with no subsequent recurrence until passage of 36 months of inactivity after the last PDT. Additional PDT after recurrence improved or preserved visual acuity in 80% of those treated compared to the visual acuity before the first PDT. Conclusions Recurrence of PCV occurs in about 40% of eyes treated for PCV even after a long period of inactivity, so careful follow-up is needed.
- Subjects
HEMORRHAGIC diseases; DISEASE relapse; VASCULAR diseases; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; FLUORESCEIN; INDOCYANINE green; ANGIOGRAPHY; VISUAL acuity
- Publication
Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology, 2008, Vol 52, Issue 6, p457
- ISSN
0021-5155
- Publication type
Article