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Angiogenesis Inhibitors/administration & dosage/adverse effects ; Bevacizumab/administration & dosage/*adverse effects ; Follow-Up Studies ; Hemangioma, Capillary/diagnosis/*drug therapy ; Humans ; Intravitreal Injections ; Male ; Photochemotherapy/*adverse effects ; Retina/*pathology ; Retinal Detachment/*chemically induced/diagnosis ; Retinal Neoplasms/diagnosis/*drug therapy ; Time Factors ; Young Adult

PURPOSE: To report a case of retinal capillary hemangioma treated with verteporfin photodynamic therapy combined with intravitreal triamcinolone acetonide. METHODS: A 15-year-old female presented with metamorphopsia in the left eye for 7 days. Examination showed peripheral endophytic retinal capillary hemangioma, macular edema, and a best-corrected visual acuity of 20/50. The hemangioma and macular edema were treated with verteporfin photodynamic therapy and intravitreal triamcinolone acetonide. RESULTS: After 5 months of follow-up, involution of the hemangioma, reduction of macular edema, decrease of the feeder and draining vessel diameter, and improvement of best-corrected visual acuity to 20/25 was seen. CONCLUSIONS: This verteporfin photodynamic therapy combined with intravitreal triamcinolone acetonide appeared to cause involution of the hemangioma with reduction in macular edema and improvement in visual acuity.
Adolescent ; Female ; Fundus Oculi ; Glucocorticoids/*administration & dosage/therapeutic use ; Hemangioma, Capillary/diagnosis/*drug therapy ; Humans ; Injections ; *Photochemotherapy ; Photosensitizing Agents/*therapeutic use ; Porphyrins/*therapeutic use ; Retinal Neoplasms/diagnosis/*drug therapy ; Tomography, Optical Coherence ; Triamcinolone Acetonide/*administration & dosage/therapeutic use ; Ultrasonography ; Vitreous Body