Patients, tumour characteristics, and course of therapy after PDT in 19 choroidal haemangiomas
| Patient No | Age (years) | Sex | Duration of symptoms (months) | Tumour location* | Pretreatment† | VA before PDT‡ | VA at end point‡ | Tumour height before (mm) | Tumour height at end point (mm) | No of PDT sessions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *As measured by colour fundus photos and angiography. 1 = central margin within 1disk diameter (DD) from the fovea, 2 = between 1 and 2 DD from the fovea, and 3 = more than 2 DD away from the fovea. | ||||||||||
| †LDI = low dose irradiation, LC = laser coagulation. | ||||||||||
| ‡VA = visual acuity, Landolt single optotypes at a distance of 5 metres according to DIN 58220. | ||||||||||
| §NA = not available. | ||||||||||
| 1 | 61 | M | 120 | 1 | no | 0.03 | 0.06 | 3.5 | 2.4 | 1 |
| 2 | 51 | M | 58 | 1 | no | 0.05 | 0.03 | 2.6 | 1.7 | 1 |
| 3 | 73 | M | 4 | 3 | no | 0.4 | 0.7 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 4 |
| 4 | 50 | M | 9 | 1 | no | 0.63 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 0.0 | 2 |
| 5 | 54 | M | 23 | 3 | no | 0.12 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 2 |
| 6 | 42 | M | 40 | 1 | LDI + LC | 0.1 | 0.1 | NA§ | NA§ | 1 |
| 7 | 45 | M | 2 | 2 | no | 0.63 | 0.8 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 3 |
| 8 | 33 | M | 71 | 1 | no | 0.05 | 0.05 | 2.8 | 2.1 | 3 |
| 9 | 34 | M | 2 | 2 | no | 0.4 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 2 |
| 10 | 59 | F | 72 | 3 | LDI | 0.03 | 0.03 | 2.7 | 2.3 | 3 |
| 11 | 45 | F | 6 | 1 | no | 0.32 | 0.63 | 2.4 | 0.1 | 2 |
| 12 | 40 | M | 72 | 1 | LC | 0.02 | 0.02 | 2.4 | 1.2 | 3 |
| 13 | 63 | M | 30 | 1 | no | 0.12 | 0.16 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 5 |
| 14 | 74 | F | 29 | 1 | no | 0.63 | 0.8 | 1.9 | 0.0 | 1 |
| 15 | 36 | F | 16 | 3 | no | 0.25 | 0.5 | 2.3 | 1.3 | 1 |
| 16 | 27 | M | 5 | 3 | no | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 1 |
| 17 | 57 | F | 36 | 3 | LDI | 0.005 | 0.05 | 4.2 | 1.7 | 5 |
| 18 | 48 | M | 2 | 3 | no | 0.2 | 1.0 | 4.8 | 2.0 | 2 |
| 19 | 77 | F | 2 | 2 | no | 0.5 | 0.9 | 2.8 | 0.0 | 1 |