Parrochia M, Martín-Avià J, Martínez-Castellanos M A, Navarro P, Arellanes L, Quiroz-Mercado H
Hospital Luis Sánchez Bulnes, Asociación para Evitar la Ceguera en México, México DF, México.
Arch Soc Esp Oftalmol. 2006 Oct;81(10):615-9. doi: 10.4321/s0365-66912006001000012.
We present a report of a patient suffering from serpiginous choroiditis complicated by choroidal neovascularization (CNV). Sub-tenon steroid treatment, added to the usual immunosuppressive therapy, resolved the CNV, improving visual acuity in one eye.
Choroidal neovascularization is a sight-threatening complication of posterior uveitis. Our case suggests that sub-tenon steroid treatment, added to systemic immunosuppressive therapy, may accelerate the CNV resolution in posterior uveitis.