Photodynamic Therapy for Diffuse Choroidal Hemangioma in Sturge-Weber Syndrome

الملخص EN

Purpose.

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

Methods.

An interventional case report of a 10-year-old girl with SWS who developed an exudative RD (visual acuity hand motions) that was treated with PDT.

She was treated with a first session of multispot PDT.

Posteriorly, a choroidotomy for drainage of subretinal fluid was created, combined with an intravitreal injection of gas (SF6) and cryoapplication.

Finally, a second session of PDT was applied.

Results.

Subretinal fluid resolved over a period of one year and visual acuity increased to 20/125.

Conclusions.

PDT is an effective therapeutic option for exudative RD associated with diffuse choroidal hemangioma.