1/5. Photodynamic therapy for the treatment of choroidal neovascularization secondary to rubella retinopathy.PURPOSE: To describe a patient for whom photodynamic therapy was used to treat subfoveal choroidal neovascularization secondary to rubella retinopathy. DESIGN: Interventional case report.methods: A 36-year-old man with subfoveal choroidal neovascularization secondary to rubella retinopathy was treated with photodynamic therapy using verteporfin. Outcome was followed up with subsequent fundus examinations, fluorescein angiography, and evaluations of best-corrected visual acuity. RESULTS: Two treatments of photodynamic therapy using verteporfin resulted in involution of the neovascular membrane, resolution of subretinal hemorrhage, and improvement in best-corrected visual acuity from 20/200 to 20/60 2 months after the second treatment. Owing to recurrence of active choroidal neovascularization, the patient required two more treatments of photodynamic therapy in the next 6 months, after which his best-corrected visual acuity was restored to 20/60. CONCLUSION: Photodynamic therapy may be an effective treatment for subfoveal choroidal neovascularization secondary to rubella retinopathy.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1keywords = neovascularization (Clic here for more details about this article) |
2/5. rubella retinopathy and subretinal neovascularization.A case of rubella retinopathy associated with macular scarring from subretinal neovascularization is presented. Ophthalmoscopic findings included diffuse mottling of the retinal pigment epithelium throughout the macula and into the postequatorial areas, atrophic "rings" around both optic discs, and a solid white and slightly raised macular cicatrix in the right eye. The patient has been followed for three years; her visual acuity remains at 20/20 and there has been no change in the appearance of her retinae. rubella retinopathy should be considered in the differential diagnosis of young patients with subretinal neovascularization.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 0.75keywords = neovascularization (Clic here for more details about this article) |
3/5. Involution without disciform scarring of subretinal neovascularization in presumed rubella retinopathy. A case report.A 28-year-old woman with a picture of presumed congenital rubella retinopathy presented with a subretinal neovascular membrane in the macular region which involuted spontaneously without treatment, without disciform scarring and with normal final visual acuity. The roles of the retinal pigment epithelium an of Bruch's membrane are discussed in the appearance of such a neovascular membrane.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 0.5keywords = neovascularization (Clic here for more details about this article) |
4/5. rubella retinopathy and subretinal neovascularization.Diseases that primarily affect the pigment epithelium, Bruch's membrane, or the choroid may lead to secondary subretinal neovascularization and its sequelae of hemorrhage and scarring. We studied three cases of presumed congenital rubella retinopathy with congenital deafness, which developed unilateral subretinal neovascularization, hemorrhage, and scarring.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 0.75keywords = neovascularization (Clic here for more details about this article) |
5/5. Subretinal neovascularization following rubella retinopathy.A 17-year-old girl and an 11-year-old girl with rubella retinopathy had decreased vision in one eye secondary to subretinal neovascularization and hemorrhage. In both cases a disciform scar with permanent decrease in central vision resulted.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 0.625keywords = neovascularization (Clic here for more details about this article) |