Intravitreal Aflibercept as an Adjunct to Systemic Therapy in a Case of Choroidal Neovascular Membrane Associated with Sympathetic Ophthalmia

Choroidal neovascular membrane (CNV) is a very rare complication in patients with sympathetic ophthalmia. We hereby report a 38-year-old man who developed a type 2 CNV in his only seeing (left) eye while under systemic steroid treatment. Systemic therapy was revised and a total of 5 intravitreal afl...

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Autores principales: Saatçi, Ali Osman, Ayhan, Ziya, İpek, Şefik Can, Söylev Bajin, Meltem
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Galenos Publishing 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6126105/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30202619
http://dx.doi.org/10.4274/tjo.09076
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author Saatçi, Ali Osman
Ayhan, Ziya
İpek, Şefik Can
Söylev Bajin, Meltem
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description Choroidal neovascular membrane (CNV) is a very rare complication in patients with sympathetic ophthalmia. We hereby report a 38-year-old man who developed a type 2 CNV in his only seeing (left) eye while under systemic steroid treatment. Systemic therapy was revised and a total of 5 intravitreal aflibercept injections (2 mg each) were administered over a period of 8 months. Good anatomic and functional outcome was noted at the last visit. Anti-vascular endothelial growth factor injection may be an important adjunct to systemic therapy in eyes with with sympathetic ophthalmia-associated CNV.
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spelling pubmed-61261052018-09-10 Intravitreal Aflibercept as an Adjunct to Systemic Therapy in a Case of Choroidal Neovascular Membrane Associated with Sympathetic Ophthalmia Saatçi, Ali Osman Ayhan, Ziya İpek, Şefik Can Söylev Bajin, Meltem Turk J Ophthalmol Case Report Choroidal neovascular membrane (CNV) is a very rare complication in patients with sympathetic ophthalmia. We hereby report a 38-year-old man who developed a type 2 CNV in his only seeing (left) eye while under systemic steroid treatment. Systemic therapy was revised and a total of 5 intravitreal aflibercept injections (2 mg each) were administered over a period of 8 months. Good anatomic and functional outcome was noted at the last visit. Anti-vascular endothelial growth factor injection may be an important adjunct to systemic therapy in eyes with with sympathetic ophthalmia-associated CNV. Galenos Publishing 2018-08 2018-09-04 /pmc/articles/PMC6126105/ /pubmed/30202619 http://dx.doi.org/10.4274/tjo.09076 Text en © 2018 by Turkish Ophthalmological Association Turkish Journal of Ophthalmology, published by Galenos Publishing House. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Saatçi, Ali Osman
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Intravitreal Aflibercept as an Adjunct to Systemic Therapy in a Case of Choroidal Neovascular Membrane Associated with Sympathetic Ophthalmia
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title_full Intravitreal Aflibercept as an Adjunct to Systemic Therapy in a Case of Choroidal Neovascular Membrane Associated with Sympathetic Ophthalmia
title_fullStr Intravitreal Aflibercept as an Adjunct to Systemic Therapy in a Case of Choroidal Neovascular Membrane Associated with Sympathetic Ophthalmia
title_full_unstemmed Intravitreal Aflibercept as an Adjunct to Systemic Therapy in a Case of Choroidal Neovascular Membrane Associated with Sympathetic Ophthalmia
title_short Intravitreal Aflibercept as an Adjunct to Systemic Therapy in a Case of Choroidal Neovascular Membrane Associated with Sympathetic Ophthalmia
title_sort intravitreal aflibercept as an adjunct to systemic therapy in a case of choroidal neovascular membrane associated with sympathetic ophthalmia
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6126105/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30202619
http://dx.doi.org/10.4274/tjo.09076
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