Therapeutic surprise! Photodynamic therapy for cavernous haemangioma of the disc

• DOI: 10.4103/ijo.ijo_41_16
• Publication Date: 2017-08-18T08:50:36Z
• Authors: Rajesh Ramanjulu; MaheshP Shanmugam; Shyamal Dwivedi; Aditya Barigali; Ajith Havanje
• Keywords: Adult; Photosensitizing Agents; Fundus Oculi; Optic Nerve Neoplasms; Optic Disk; Visual Acuity; RE1-994; Brief Communication; 3. Good health; Ophthalmology; 03 medical and health sciences; Hemangioma, Cavernous; 0302 clinical medicine; PDT; Photochemotherapy; ITP; Humans; Female; Fluorescein Angiography; Cavernous haemangioma of disc

To report the response of cavernous haemangioma of the disc to PDT.A 32 years old lady presented to us with complaints of sudden onset of blurry vision in her right eye. What seemed initially as polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy turned out as cavernous haemangioma of the disc after pneumatic displacement of the sub-retinal haeme. She was treated with PDT as she was prone to recurrent haemorrhage from the lesion due to her low platelet count.Complete regression of the cavernous haemangioma was noted as early as the second week itself and remained regressed for 4 months.PDT can be safe option for patients presenting with symptomatic cavernous haemangioma of the disc or retina.