Photodynamic therapy with Verteporfin in subfoveal choroidal metastasis of breast carcinoma (a controlled case).
Case Reports
2006; 27(6): 725-728
PubMed PMID: 17187011
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Antineoplastic Agents:therapeutic use, Breast Neoplasms:drug therapy, Carcinoma, Medullary:drug therapy, Choroid Neoplasms:drug therapy, Female, Humans, Middle Aged, Palliative Care:methods, Photochemotherapy:methods, Photosensitizing Agents:therapeutic u.
: A 55-year old woman with growing unilateral subfoveal choroidal metastasis of breast carcinoma was treated by photodynamic therapy (PDT) with verteporfin. Best corrected visual acuity remained stable during the whole follow-up of 6 months. Tumor flattened from 2.2 mm to 0 mm on ultrasound one month after the therapy. PDT with verteporfin appears to be the best tolerated method for palliative treatment of growing subfoveal choroidal metastasis of the breast carcinoma....
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Soucek P, Cihelkova I. Photodynamic therapy with Verteporfin in subfoveal choroidal metastasis of breast carcinoma (a controlled case). Neuro Endocrinol Lett. 2006 Dec; 27(6): 725-728