Photodynamic therapy (PDT) with verteporfin has significantly improved functional outcome in the treatment of choroidal neovascularization (CNV) in various clinical disorders [86]. While CNV due to age-related macular degeneration [4, 53, 76-80, 84] and pathologic myopia [83, 85] was the primary focus, several studies showed that the treatment effects of PDT were not only restricted to these two underlying disorders. Recently, several clinical studies observed PDT as a treatment modality of CNV due to ocular histoplasmosis syndrome [52, 55, 68], choroiditis [71, 89], angioid streaks [31, 37, 68], Stargardt's disease [81], symptomatic choroidal hemangioma [30, 61, 82] and other causes [15, 72]. While PDT has become an established treatment modality for various choroidal disorders, its role in the treatment of retinal diseases remains to be determined. © 2007 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.
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Jurklies, B., & Bornfeld, N. (2007). The role of photodynamic therapy in retinal vascular disease. In Retinal Vascular Disease (pp. 239–255). Springer Berlin Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-29542-6_14
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