Photodynamic therapy with verteporfin for symptomatic circumscribed choroidal hemangioma: five-year outcomes

Maria Antonietta Blasi; Alessandra Cristiana Tiberti; Andrea Scupola; A Balestrazzi; E Colangelo; Paola Valente; Emilio Balestrazzi

doi:10.1016/j.ophtha.2009.12.033

Photodynamic therapy with verteporfin for symptomatic circumscribed choroidal hemangioma: five-year outcomes

Maria Antonietta Blasi, Alessandra Cristiana Tiberti, Andrea Scupola, A Balestrazzi, E Colangelo, Paola Valente, Emilio Balestrazzi

Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

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Abstract

To evaluate the long-term efficacy of verteporfin photodynamic therapy (PDT) as the primary treatment for symptomatic circumscribed choroidal hemangioma (CCH).

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1630-1637
Number of pages	8
Journal	Ophthalmology
Volume	117
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ophtha.2009.12.033
Publication status	Published - 2010

Keywords

Adult
Aged
Antineoplastic Agents
Choroid Neoplasms
Female
Fluorescein Angiography
Follow-Up Studies
Hemangioma
Humans
Indocyanine Green
Male
Middle Aged
Photochemotherapy
Photosensitizing Agents
Porphyrins
Prospective Studies
Tomography, Optical Coherence
Treatment Outcome
Visual Acuity

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Photodynamic therapy with verteporfin for symptomatic circumscribed choroidal hemangioma: five-year outcomes

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