Late-onset visual decline following successful treatment of subfoveal choroidal neovascularisation with photodynamic therapy

doi:doi:10.1038/sj.eye.6701907

Eye (2006) 20, 491–493. doi:10.1038/sj.eye.6701907; published online 6 May 2005

Late-onset visual decline following successful treatment of subfoveal choroidal neovascularisation with photodynamic therapy

A Bhatnagar¹, M Musadiq¹ and Y C Yang¹

¹Wolverhampton Eye Infirmary, Compton Road, Wolverhampton, WV3 9QR, UK

Correspondence: A Bhatnagar, Tel: +44 07958582871; Fax: +44 01902 645018; E-mail: bhatnagar_ajay@btopenworld.com

Received 10 September 2004; Revised 16 February 2005; Accepted 16 February 2005; Published online 6 May 2005.

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Abstract

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) has been shown in large studies to be capable of achieving closure of choroidal neovascularization (CNV), thereby resulting in stabilization of visual acuity. We report a series of four patients with classic CNV treated with PDT with good initial result but subsequent severe visual loss that may be related to a change in the morphology of the subretinal scar.