Photodynamic Therapy Treatment for Eyes with Drusenoid Pigment Epithelium Detachment.
10.3341/kjo.2008.22.3.194
- Author:
Na Young LEE
1
;
Ki Seok KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Drusenoid pigment epithelium detachment;
Photodynamic therapy
- MeSH:
Aged;
Fluorescein Angiography;
Humans;
Male;
*Photochemotherapy;
Photosensitizing Agents/*therapeutic use;
Pigment Epithelium of Eye/*drug effects/pathology;
Porphyrins/*therapeutic use;
Retinal Detachment/diagnosis/*drug therapy;
Retinal Drusen/diagnosis/*drug therapy;
Tomography, Optical Coherence
- From:Korean Journal of Ophthalmology
2008;22(3):194-196
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
We report the clinical course of photodynamic therapy (PDT) in a patient with drusenoid pigment epithelium detachment (PED). A patient with drusenoid PED underwent PDT follow-up was carried out at one week, one month, three months, six months and one year after treatment. Fundus exam, optical coherence tomography (OCT) and fluorescein angiography were performed. After the PDT, drusen and PED were gradually diminished over one year. However, pure serous PED eventually developed at the same location of the drusenoid PED. The results of the PDT, on drusenoid PED, were initially effective, but not completely successful. Therefore, PDT may be considered as an alternative treatment option for drusenoid PED.
