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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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description 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.
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spelling pubmed-73387402020-07-14 A Rare Cause of Type II Neovascularization: Unilateral Retinal Pigment Epithelium Dysgenesis Şekeryapan Gediz, Berrak Turk J Ophthalmol Case Report 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. Galenos Publishing 2020-06 2020-06-27 /pmc/articles/PMC7338740/ /pubmed/32631022 http://dx.doi.org/10.4274/tjo.galenos.2020.89814 Text en © Copyright 2020 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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title_full A Rare Cause of Type II Neovascularization: Unilateral Retinal Pigment Epithelium Dysgenesis
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title_full_unstemmed A Rare Cause of Type II Neovascularization: Unilateral Retinal Pigment Epithelium Dysgenesis
title_short A Rare Cause of Type II Neovascularization: Unilateral Retinal Pigment Epithelium Dysgenesis
title_sort rare cause of type ii neovascularization: unilateral retinal pigment epithelium dysgenesis
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7338740/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32631022
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