Transpupillary thermotherapy in the treatment of circumscribed choroidal hemangiomas.

Purpose: To evaluate the efficacy of transpupillary thermotherapy (TTT) for the treatment of serous retinal detachment secondary to circumscribed choroidal hemangiomas (CCH).

Material And Methods: Four eyes of four consecutive patients who presented decreased vision due to serous macular detachment secondary to CCH were enrolled in this study. After informed consent was obtained, the four eyes were treated with TTT.

Transpupillary thermotherapy in the treatment of choroidal metastasis from breast carcinoma.

Background: Most patients who develop metastatic carcinoma to the choroid are managed by local radiation or chemotherapy. Since transpupillary thermotherapy (TTT) is currently gaining attention as an optional treatment for choroidal melanomas and hemangiomas, we sought to determine whether TTT is suitable for treatment of solitary choroidal metastasis at the posterior pole.

Method: We report on a patient with decreased vision due to a serous macular detachment in a eye with a solitary choroidal metastasis from breast carcinoma, who was managed by TTT.