Choroido-vitreal neovascularization after argon laser photocoagulation
S. O. Galinos, G. K. Asdourian, M. B. Woolf, M. F. Goldberg and B. J. Busse
Argon laser photocoagulation performed to destroy retinal
neovascularization in two patients with proliferative sickle retinopathy
and one patient with sarcoidosis was complicated by the development of
choroidal neovascular tissue that extended through the photocoagulated
retina into the vitreous. Attempts to obliterate the neovascular growth
were successful in two cases. In the case that did not respond to repeated
therapeutic procedures, the possibility of a direct communication with the
long posterior ciliary artery was suggested by the presence of a
chorioretinal defect in the vicinity of the photocoagulated area.
