Two Cases of Choroidal Neovascularizatien After Photocoagulation.

Yoo, Chin Seong; Huh, Warne

Case Report

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 1987;28(1):191-195.
Published online January 1, 1987.

Two Cases of Choroidal Neovascularizatien After Photocoagulation.

Chin Seong Yoo, Warne Huh

Department of Ophthalmology, Kangnam St. Mary's Hospital, Catholic Medical College, Seoul, Korea.

범안저 광응고 치료후 발생된 맥락막 신생혈관 2 예

유진성(Chin Seong Yoo),허원(Warne Huh)

Abstract

The use of photocoagulation to treat proliferative diabetic retinopathy has gained widespread acceptance in ophthalmic practice since its introduction in 1959 by Meyer-Schwickerath. The purpose of photocoagulation is thought to reduce the stimulus for the vessel formation so characteristic of proliferative retinopathy. Photocoagulation may cause damage to Bruch's membrane, retinal pigment epithelium, and neurosensory retina and may result in either subretinal neovascularization or choroidal neovascularization. We found choroidal neovasaularization after performing photocogulation(one case is Argon laser the other Xenon-arch) in two diabetic retinopathy patients.