Photodynamic therapy with verteporfin in subfoveal amelanotic choroidal melanoma (A controlled case)
1Department of Ophtamology, University Hospital Prague, Czech Republic. soucek@fnkv.cz
Neuro Endocrinology Letters
|May 2, 2006
Abstract:
A 57-year old man with 2.7 mm thick subfoveal amelanotic choroidal melanoma of the right eye was indicated for photodynamic therapy with verteporfin. The tumor fully disappeared 1 month after the treatment, the visual acuity improved from 4/16 to 4/4. The disease did not recur during 24-month follow-up.
