TY - JOUR
T1 - Retinal pigment epithelial tear after half fluence PDT for serous pigment epithelial detachment in central serous chorioretinopathy
AU - Kim, Seong Woo
AU - Oh, Jaeryung
AU - In, Kyung Oh
AU - Huh, Kuhl
PY - 2009/5
Y1 - 2009/5
N2 - Retinal pigment epithelial tears may occur after photodynamic therapy (PDT) in various diseases. The authors report a case of a retinal pigment epithelial tear after half light intensity (300 mW/cm2) PDT in a large serous pigment epithelial detachment associated with chronic atypical central serous chorioretinopathy. A 52-year-old woman with a large serous pigment epithelial detachment associated with chronic atypical central serous chorioretinopathy in the left eye received her first PDT treatment using verteporfin with a spot size of 6,640 μm, a duration of 83 seconds, and half (300 mW/cm2) of the standard 600 mW/cm2 light intensity, where the delivered PDT light dose was only 25 J/cm2. Two weeks later, visual acuity improved to 20/30. However, a large crescent-shaped retinal pigment epithelial tear was found during fundus examination. Even 50% reduced light fluence PDT can produce a retinal pigment epithelial tear in pigment epithelial detachment associated with chronic atypical central serous chorioretinopathy.
AB - Retinal pigment epithelial tears may occur after photodynamic therapy (PDT) in various diseases. The authors report a case of a retinal pigment epithelial tear after half light intensity (300 mW/cm2) PDT in a large serous pigment epithelial detachment associated with chronic atypical central serous chorioretinopathy. A 52-year-old woman with a large serous pigment epithelial detachment associated with chronic atypical central serous chorioretinopathy in the left eye received her first PDT treatment using verteporfin with a spot size of 6,640 μm, a duration of 83 seconds, and half (300 mW/cm2) of the standard 600 mW/cm2 light intensity, where the delivered PDT light dose was only 25 J/cm2. Two weeks later, visual acuity improved to 20/30. However, a large crescent-shaped retinal pigment epithelial tear was found during fundus examination. Even 50% reduced light fluence PDT can produce a retinal pigment epithelial tear in pigment epithelial detachment associated with chronic atypical central serous chorioretinopathy.
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U2 - 10.3928/15428877-20090430-14
DO - 10.3928/15428877-20090430-14
M3 - Article
C2 - 19485297
AN - SCOPUS:67149084385
SN - 1542-8877
VL - 40
SP - 300
EP - 303
JO - Ophthalmic Surgery Lasers and Imaging
JF - Ophthalmic Surgery Lasers and Imaging
IS - 3
ER -