Treatment of serous pigment epithelium detachment with subthreshold micropulse diode laser photocoagulation: a case report

Eur J Ophthalmol. 2009 Sep-Oct;19(5):887-9. doi: 10.1177/112067210901900501.

Abstract

Purpose: To propose a possible treatment for symptomatic serous pigment epithelium detachment (SPED) in the setting of dry age-related macular degeneration.

Methods: A 60-year-old woman presented with a SPED, subfoveal in location, enlarging in size and with gradually worsening vision over 1 year of follow-up, without any evidence of choroidal neovascular membrane or neurosensory detachment until it was treated with subthreshold micropulse laser.

Results: The last follow-up showed complete resolution of the SPED with restoration of visual function.

Conclusions: Subthreshold micropulse laser could serve as a useful therapeutic modality for the treatment of symptomatic SPED.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Female
  • Fluorescein Angiography
  • Humans
  • Laser Coagulation*
  • Lasers, Semiconductor / therapeutic use*
  • Macular Degeneration / complications
  • Middle Aged
  • Retinal Detachment / diagnosis
  • Retinal Detachment / etiology
  • Retinal Detachment / surgery*
  • Retinal Pigment Epithelium / pathology
  • Retinal Pigment Epithelium / surgery*
  • Serum
  • Tomography, Optical Coherence
  • Visual Acuity