| Titel | Macular pseudoholes formation after photodynamic therapy with verteporfin |
| Abstract Nr. | P13 |
| Doel | To report the occurrence of macular pseudoholes after photodynamic therapy (PDT) with verteporfin. |
| Methodes | small case series of 5 patients diagnosed with subfoveolar choroidal neovascularization (CNV) and treated with PDT with verteporfin. Analysis and evolution of visual acuity, fluoangiography and optical coherence tomography. |
| Resultaten | case 1: 58 yo woman, myopic CNV; formation of a lamellarshaped macular hole after PDT. Case 2: 57 yo woman, myopic CNV; formation of a macular pseudohole after PDT. Case 3: 86 yo woman, ARMD CNV; formation of a macular pseudohole after PDT. Case 4: 87 yo woman, age related macular degeneration (ARMD) CNV; formation of a lamellarshaped macular hole after PDT. Case 5: 81 yo man, idiopathic polypoidal choroidal neovascularization; formation of a lamellarshaped macular hole after PDT. |
| Conclusie | Atypical pseudoholes or lamellarshaped holes may be a rare complication of PDT with verteporfin. |
| Naam | HUGE |
| Initialen | L |
| Instituut | Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc |
| Stad | Brussels |
| Naam | GUAGNINI |
| Initialen | AP |
| Instituut | Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc |
| Stad | Brussels |
| Naam | KOZYREFF |
| Initialen | A |
| Instituut | Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc |
| Stad | Brussels |
| Naam | SNYERS |
| Initialen | B |
| Instituut | Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc |
| Stad | Brussels |
| Naam | LEVECQ |
| Initialen | L |
| Instituut | Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc |
| Stad | Brussels |