PMID- 34587630
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20211210
LR  - 20220429
IS  - 1439-3999 (Electronic)
IS  - 0023-2165 (Linking)
VI  - 238
IP  - 12
DP  - 2021 Dec
TI  - Thermal Laser Monotherapy for Extrafoveal Polypoidal Choroidal Vasculopathy.
PG  - 1299-1304
LID - 10.1055/a-1608-1946 [doi]
AB  - INTRODUCTION: Polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV) is a vascular disease of 
      the choroid. Diagnosis is mainly based on polypoidal aneurysm-like lesions seen 
      in indocyanine green (ICG) angiography. Various therapeutic options have been 
      proposed. METHODS: Outcomes of 10 cases with extrafoveal PCV and consecutive 
      macular edema treated with thermal laser are reported. Diagnosis of PCV was 
      confirmed by ICG angiography. RESULTS: Upon successful occlusion of the polyps in 
      10 eyes after thermal laser treatment demonstrated in ICG angiography, a 
      regression of central foveal edema was seen in optical coherence tomography and 
      color fundus photography. Visual acuity improved from logMAR 0.8 to logMAR 0.3. 
      Follow-up ranged from 4 months to 15 years, with a median of 1 year. Two eyes had 
      a recurrence of exudative maculopathy 5 and 7 years after laser treatment, 
      respectively. CONCLUSION: A careful differentiation between various subforms of 
      exudative maculopathy using fluorescein and ICG angiography can identify certain 
      selected patients with extrafoveal PCV, for whom thermal laser monotherapy can be 
      a therapeutic option.
CI  - Thieme. All rights reserved.
FAU - Radeck, Viola Maria Margarete
AU  - Radeck VMM
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-9312-4085
AD  - Klinik und Poliklinik fur Augenheilkunde, Klinikum der Universitat Regensburg, 
      Regensburg, Germany.
FAU - Helbig, Horst
AU  - Helbig H
AD  - Klinik und Poliklinik fur Augenheilkunde, Klinikum der Universitat Regensburg, 
      Regensburg, Germany.
FAU - Valmaggia, Christophe
AU  - Valmaggia C
AD  - Augenklinik, Kantonsspital St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland.
FAU - Barthelmes, Daniel
AU  - Barthelmes D
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-5431-4991
AD  - Ophthalmology, UniversitatsSpital Zurich Augenklinik und Poliklinik, Zurich, 
      Switzerland.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
TT  - Thermische Lasermonotherapie zur Behandlung extrafovealer polypoidaler 
      chorioidaler Vaskulopathie.
DEP - 20210929
PL  - Germany
TA  - Klin Monbl Augenheilkd
JT  - Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde
JID - 0014133
RN  - IX6J1063HV (Indocyanine Green)
SB  - IM
MH  - Choroid/diagnostic imaging
MH  - *Choroid Diseases
MH  - *Choroidal Neovascularization
MH  - Fluorescein Angiography
MH  - Humans
MH  - Indocyanine Green
MH  - Lasers
MH  - *Polyps/surgery
MH  - Retrospective Studies
MH  - Tomography, Optical Coherence
MH  - *Vascular Diseases
COIS- The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
EDAT- 2021/09/30 06:00
MHDA- 2021/12/15 06:00
CRDT- 2021/09/29 20:13
PHST- 2021/09/30 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2021/12/15 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2021/09/29 20:13 [entrez]
AID - 10.1055/a-1608-1946 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Klin Monbl Augenheilkd. 2021 Dec;238(12):1299-1304. doi: 10.1055/a-1608-1946. 
      Epub 2021 Sep 29.