Table 1.
Patients | Age | Sex | Treated eye | Initial VA | Occurrence after PDT | Period, favourable circumstances | Description of hallucination |
1 | 83 | M | Right | R 20/200 | 3 days | once or twice a day | white wheel |
L 20/32 | |||||||
2 | 82 | F | Right | R 20/126 | 1 month | variable | faces, miscellaneous objects such as parcels |
L 20/800 | |||||||
3 | 77 | F | Left | R 20/40 | 2 days | when watching TV | alternating purple squares |
L 20/64 | |||||||
4 | 80 | F | Left | R 20/100 | 2 weeks | variable, usually when watching TV | known and unknown faces |
L 20/160 | |||||||
5 | 88 | F | Left | R 20/80 | 2 or 3 days | several times a day | white shooting star with a circular movement |
L 20/320 |
PDT = photodynamic therapy.