Choroidal neovascularization secondary to choroidal nevus simulating an inflammatory lesion

Choroidal nevi are the most common benign pigmented lesions of the fundus. Choroidal neovascularization is a rare complication of choroidal nevi. We report herein a young patient managed successfully with intravitreal bevacizumab injections for juxtapapillary choroidal neovascularization secondary t...

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Autores principales: Tuncer, Samuray, Tugal-Tutkun, Ilknur
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013
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Brief Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3744788/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23571241
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0301-4738.99860
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description Choroidal nevi are the most common benign pigmented lesions of the fundus. Choroidal neovascularization is a rare complication of choroidal nevi. We report herein a young patient managed successfully with intravitreal bevacizumab injections for juxtapapillary choroidal neovascularization secondary to choroidal nevus simulating an inflammatory lesion.
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spelling pubmed-37447882013-08-19 Choroidal neovascularization secondary to choroidal nevus simulating an inflammatory lesion Tuncer, Samuray Tugal-Tutkun, Ilknur Indian J Ophthalmol Brief Communication Choroidal nevi are the most common benign pigmented lesions of the fundus. Choroidal neovascularization is a rare complication of choroidal nevi. We report herein a young patient managed successfully with intravitreal bevacizumab injections for juxtapapillary choroidal neovascularization secondary to choroidal nevus simulating an inflammatory lesion. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013-06 /pmc/articles/PMC3744788/ /pubmed/23571241 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0301-4738.99860 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Ophthalmology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_full Choroidal neovascularization secondary to choroidal nevus simulating an inflammatory lesion
title_fullStr Choroidal neovascularization secondary to choroidal nevus simulating an inflammatory lesion
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title_short Choroidal neovascularization secondary to choroidal nevus simulating an inflammatory lesion
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