Open AccessCombination therapy of low-fluence photodynamic therapy and intravitreal ranibizumab for choroidal neovascular membrane in choroidal osteoma
Author(s) -
Rodney J Morris,
Varsha V Prabhu,
Parag K Shah,
Venkatapathy Narendran
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
indian journal of ophthalmology/indian journal of ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.542
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1998-3689
pISSN - 0301-4738
DOI - 10.4103/0301-4738.83622
Subject(s) - medicine , choroid , verteporfin , ophthalmology , photodynamic therapy , ranibizumab , choroidal neovascularization , osteoma , angioid streaks , surgery , visual acuity , bevacizumab , chemotherapy , retina , chemistry , physics , organic chemistry , optics
Choroidal osteoma is an unusual form of intraocular calcification seen in otherwise healthy eyes. It is a benign idiopathic osseous tumor of the choroid, typically seen in young females. Choroidal neovascular membrane (CNVM) is a complication seen in one-third of these patients and carries a poor visual outcome. We report a case of a 25-year-old hyperthyroid female with choroidal osteoma and subfoveal CNVM in her left eye which was successfully treated using low-fluence photodynamic therapy (PDT) with verteporfin followed by a single injection of intravitreal ranibizumab.