Acquired Retinal Astrocytoma Managed With Endoresection

Clinical use of photodynamic therapy in ocular tumors

“…122,157 If such complications occur, prompt treatment may be required. External beam radiotherapy, 147 laser photocoagulation, 32 cryotherapy, brachytherapy, pars plana vitrectomy and endoresection 209 have been applied to avoid enucleation. Recent studies mainly focus on PDT because of its relatively rare adverse effects and its effectiveness in the resolution of exudative subretinal fluid.…”

Tumors of the Central Nervous System, Volume 9

“…We have called this maneuver "tumoral slipping" (Vilaplana et al 2006 ) . This technique sometimes can't obtain useful information since it is a very compact solid tumor.…”

“…Similarly to low-grade intracerebral astrocytomas, they are progressive and relapses after resection are frequent (Scanlon and Taylor 1979 ;Fazekas 1977 ) Laser photocoagulation (Bloom and Mahl 1991 ;Eskelin et al 2008 ) and transpupillary thermotherapy have not been proved effective in retinal astrocytomas (Vilaplana et al 2006 ) . Similarly to low-grade intracerebral astrocytomas, they are progressive and relapses after resection are frequent (Scanlon and Taylor 1979 ;Fazekas 1977 ) Laser photocoagulation (Bloom and Mahl 1991 ;Eskelin et al 2008 ) and transpupillary thermotherapy have not been proved effective in retinal astrocytomas (Vilaplana et al 2006 ) .…”

“…The fi rst case described in literature approached with conservative treatment was performed by our team in 2003 (Vilaplana et al 2006 ) and published in 2006. We reported the case of a 49-year-old man with progressive vision loss for 5 months unsuccessfully treated with transpupillary thermotherapy (two sessions).…”

Dramatic regression of presumed acquired retinal astrocytoma with photodynamic therapy

“…External beam radiotherapy,2 laser photocoagulation,4 cryotherapy, plaque radiotherapy and pars plana vitrectomy and endoresection5 were previously proposed as the treatment options to avoid enucleation 3. However, these treatments have been ineffective in many patients 234.…”