Subretinal neovascularization in a pseudophakic eye treated with krypton laser photocoagulation. A clinicopathologic case report

Arch Ophthalmol. 1988 Jan;106(1):78-81. doi: 10.1001/archopht.1988.01060130084034.

Abstract

A 76-year-old myopic woman who had undergone bilateral extracapsular cataract extractions and received posterior intraocular lens implants underwent two sessions of krypton laser photocoagulation for subretinal neovascularization secondary to age-related macular degeneration in her right eye. The patient expired and histopathologic examination of her treated eye showed a posterior chamber intraocular lens with both haptics in the ciliary sulcus, areas of macular degeneration, evidence of krypton laser photocoagulation including a full-thickness retinal scar, and an area of clinically unsuspected subretinal neovascularization.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lenses, Intraocular*
  • Light Coagulation*
  • Macular Degeneration / pathology
  • Macular Degeneration / surgery
  • Neovascularization, Pathologic*
  • Retina / pathology
  • Retinal Vessels / surgery*