Photodynamic therapy using verteporfin for a diffuse choroidal hemangioma in Sturge-Weber syndrome

Retina. 2004 Feb;24(1):152-5. doi: 10.1097/00006982-200402000-00022.

Authors

Harshivinderjit S Bains¹, Anthony C Cirino, Benjamin H Ticho, Lee M Jampol

Affiliation

¹ Department of Ophthalmology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, 645 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.

PMID: 15076958
DOI: 10.1097/00006982-200402000-00022

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Child
Choroid Neoplasms / complications
Choroid Neoplasms / drug therapy*
Female
Fluorescein Angiography
Hemangioma / complications
Hemangioma / drug therapy*
Humans
Photochemotherapy*
Photosensitizing Agents / therapeutic use*
Porphyrins / therapeutic use*
Retinal Detachment / drug therapy
Retinal Detachment / etiology
Sturge-Weber Syndrome / complications
Sturge-Weber Syndrome / drug therapy*
Verteporfin
Visual Acuity

Substances

Photosensitizing Agents
Porphyrins
Verteporfin