Abstract
Purpose: :
To evaluate the visual outcome of Japanese patients with pathologic myopic subfoveal choroidal neovascularization (CNV) given photodynamic therapy (PDT).
Methods: :
Eleven eyes of 11 Japanese patients with subfoveal CNV caused by pathologic myopia were treated with verteporfin PDT. All the patients were followed clinically and with fluorescein angiography.
Results: :
The mean age was 62.4 years. Mean follow–up was 6.0 months. Mean VA improved in from 1.0 to 0.81 logMAR (P = .04, paired t test). Visual acuity improved at least 8 letters (equivalent to at least 1.5 lines) in 4 eyes (36%), whereas no eyes lost 5 or more letters (equivalent to at least 1 line).
Conclusions: :
Although the follow–up period is still short, PDT may stabilize or improve visual acuity in Japanese patients with pathologic myopic CNV.
Keywords: photodynamic therapy • choroid: neovascularization • myopia