Macular hole after intravitreal bevacizumab injection for choroidal neovascularisation
The aim of this study was to report a patient who developed a full-thickness macular hole following intravitreal bevacizumab injection. A 78-year-old patient diagnosed with choroidal neovascularisation (CNV) was treated with intravitreal bevacizumab injection. On the first follow-up visit, a decreas...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Clinical and experimental optometry 2014-03, Vol.97 (2), p.178-180 |
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Zusammenfassung: | The aim of this study was to report a patient who developed a full-thickness macular hole following intravitreal bevacizumab injection.
A 78-year-old patient diagnosed with choroidal neovascularisation (CNV) was treated with intravitreal bevacizumab injection.
On the first follow-up visit, a decrease in visual acuity was seen and a small full-thickness macular hole with complete resolution of subretinal fluid was observed in optical coherence tomography (OCT). A second intravitreal injection of bevacizumab was performed. At the subsequent visit, a serious loss of visual acuity and limited regression in choroidal neovascularisation was seen. The OCT showed a larger full-thickness macular hole.
This case demonstrates that intravitreal bevacizumab injection might be responsible for the development of a macular hole. Clinicians should be cautious that a macular hole may be a complication of intravitreal bevacizumab injection. |
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ISSN: | 0816-4622 1444-0938 |
DOI: | 10.1111/cxo.12009 |