Laser treatment of a subretinal neovascular membrane associated with retinochoroidal coloboma.

Abstract

Subretinal neovascularization associated with retinochoroidal coloboma is a rare finding. Only two other cases have been reported in the literature, neither of which were treated with photocoagulation. Here, the author reports a case of subretinal neovascular net associated with a retinochoroidal coloboma, which was treated with laser photocoagulation. The patient's vision improved from 20/200 to 20/30-1 following two argon green laser treatments, with a 33-month follow-up since the initial treatment.

• Authors: L P Steahly
• Journal: Retina (Philadelphia, Pa.) (Retina) 1986 Summer-Fall Vol. 6 Issue 3 Pg. 154-6 ISSN: 0275-004X [Print] United States
• PMID: 2432636 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Topics

• Adult
• Choroid (abnormalities)
• Coloboma (surgery)
• Fluorescein Angiography
• Humans
• Laser Therapy
• Male
• Neovascularization, Pathologic
• Postoperative Complications (diagnosis)
• Retina (abnormalities)
• Retinal Hemorrhage (surgery)
• Retinal Vessels (surgery)