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Klin Monbl Augenheilkd 2009; 226(4): 365-367
DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1109267
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Acute Massive Suprachoroidal Hemorrhage after Photodynamic Therapy in a Patient Treated with Warfarin[1]

Akute massive suprachorioidale Blutung nach photodynamischer Therapie bei einer Warfarin-PatientinI. K. Petropoulos, P. Ekonomidis, P. E. Theoulakis, M. I. Gatzogias, J. M. Katsimpris
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21 April 2009 (online)

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Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of legal blindness in the elderly in industrialized nations. Anti-VEGF therapy has become the treatment of choice helping to preserve vision in a great percentage of patients with exudative AMD [8], yet photodynamic therapy (PDT) remains an effective treatment for predominantly classic choroidal neovascularization (CNV) and small occult with no classic CNV with recent disease progression.

PDT has a safe profile and adverse events are generally not seen [2]. We describe a case of acute massive suprachoroidal hemorrhage soon after PDT in a patient treated with warfarin.

1 1Presented at the 101st Annual Congress of the SOG/SSO, Interlaken 10. – 13.9.2008.

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1 1Presented at the 101st Annual Congress of the SOG/SSO, Interlaken 10. – 13.9.2008.

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