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  • Title: Choroidal neovascular membrane associated with optic nerve coloboma in a patient with CHARGE association.
    Author: Guirgis MF, Lueder GT.
    Journal: Am J Ophthalmol; 2003 Jun; 135(6):919-20. PubMed ID: 12788148.
    Abstract:
    PURPOSE: To report a patient with CHARGE association (coloboma, heart disease, choanal atresia, growth retardation, genital hypoplasia, and ear abnormalities) who developed a choroidal neovascular membrane in association with an optic nerve coloboma. DESIGN: Interventional/observational case report. METHOD: A 21-month-old boy with CHARGE association developed a grayish choroidal neovascular membrane associated with lipid exudation, subretinal fluid, and retinal hemorrhage at the temporal edge of his right optic nerve coloboma. RESULTS: The patient underwent transpupillary diode laser of the choroidal neovascular membrane. Five months later, it and the serous retinal detachment had resolved. CONCLUSIONS: Patients with CHARGE association may develop choroidal neovascular membrane with serous retinal detachments in association with optic nerve colobomas. These neovascular membranes may be treated successfully with transpupillary diode laser.
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