Regression of iris neovascularization following panretinal photocoagulation
R. P. Murphy and P. R. Egbert
A 57-year-old woman with proliferative diabetic retinopathy in both eyes
also had iris surface neovascularization with early angle
neovascularization in her right eye, which regressed completely following
treatment with panretinal photocoagulation. Histopathologic examination
confirmed the complete absence of abnormal vessels on the iris surface or
in the iridocorneal angle of the right eye; an avascular fibrous membrane
persisted on a segment of the posterior iris pigment epithelium near the
pupil. There was advanced rubeosis in the untreated left eye.
