Therapeutic surprise! Photodynamic therapy for cavernous haemangioma of the disc.

Purpose: To report the response of cavernous haemangioma of the disc to PDT.

Methods And Patients: A 32 years old lady presented to us with complaints of sudden onset of blurry vision in her right eye. What seemed initially as polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy turned out as cavernous haemangioma of the disc after pneumatic displacement of the sub-retinal haeme.

Effect of lanosterol on human cataract nucleus.

Aim: To study the effect of lanosterol on age-related cataractous human lens nuclei.

Materials And Methods: Forty age-related cataractous nuclei removed during manual small incision cataract surgery were obtained and randomly immersed in 25 mM lanosterol solution or in control solution and stored at room temperature for 6 days. Pre- and post-immersion photographs were graded by two masked observers and collated for the regression or progression of lens opacity.