| Title | Macular pseudoholes formation after photodynamic therapy with verteporfin |
| Abstract Nr. | P13 |
| Purpose | To report the occurrence of macular pseudoholes after photodynamic therapy (PDT) with verteporfin. |
| Methods | 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. |
| Results | 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. |
| Conclusion | Atypical pseudoholes or lamellarshaped holes may be a rare complication of PDT with verteporfin. |
| Last name | HUGE |
| Initials | L |
| Department | Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc |
| City | Brussels |
| Last name | GUAGNINI |
| Initials | AP |
| Department | Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc |
| City | Brussels |
| Last name | KOZYREFF |
| Initials | A |
| Department | Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc |
| City | Brussels |
| Last name | SNYERS |
| Initials | B |
| Department | Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc |
| City | Brussels |
| Last name | LEVECQ |
| Initials | L |
| Department | Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc |
| City | Brussels |