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A Rare Cause of Type II Neovascularization: Unilateral Retinal Pigment Epithelium Dysgenesis

Unilateral retinal pigment epithelium dysgenesis (URPED) is a very rare clinical condition first described in 2002. Fundus examination and imaging findings are almost pathognomonic and can facilitate diagnosis of this uncommon disease. In this article, we present a 32-year-old patient who developed...

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Autor principal: Şekeryapan Gediz, Berrak
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Galenos Publishing 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7338740/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32631022
http://dx.doi.org/10.4274/tjo.galenos.2020.89814
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Sumario:Unilateral retinal pigment epithelium dysgenesis (URPED) is a very rare clinical condition first described in 2002. Fundus examination and imaging findings are almost pathognomonic and can facilitate diagnosis of this uncommon disease. In this article, we present a 32-year-old patient who developed type II neovascularization (NV) as a complication of URPED. After 6 months of monthly intravitreal bevacizumab injection, visual acuity increased from 20/32 to 20/20 but optic coherence tomography findings were partially improved. The aim of this report is to highlight URPED and secondary type 2 NV, the pathogenesis and prognosis of which are unknown but which cause visual loss especially in the younger population.