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Eye Foreign Bodies/etiology , Eye Injuries, Penetrating/etiology , Orbit/injuries , Adult , Eye Foreign Bodies/diagnostic imaging , Eye Foreign Bodies/surgery , Eye Injuries, Penetrating/diagnostic imaging , Eye Injuries, Penetrating/surgery , Female , Humans , Ocular Motility Disorders/etiology , Pupil Disorders/etiology , Tomography, X-Ray Computed , Vision Disorders/etiology , Visual AcuityABSTRACT
PURPOSE: To evaluate the treatment of subfoveal and juxtafoveal choroidal neovascularization (CNV) using verteporfin photodynamic therapy (vPDT) in patients affected by punctate inner choroidopathy (PIC). METHODS: A chart review of 8 patients with CNV associated with PIC treated with vPDT was done. RESULTS: The 8 patients (8 eyes) included 4 men and 4 women with a mean age of 30.9 years. Six of them presented juxtafoveal CNVs, and two had subfoveal CNVs, at presentation. Mean follow-up time was 22.7 months. The VA improved in five eyes, and three eyes declined. One patient developed a new CNV a few days after vPDT, and one had multiple CNVs at presentation. Two of the 3 patients with longer follow-up period presented late recurrences. CONCLUSIONS: vPDT is a beneficial resource in stabilizing and also improving VA in PIC patients affected with subfoveal and juxtafoveal CNV, although one third of the patients retain poor visual acuity.
