Abstract
We present five cases of choroidal neovascularization secondary to pediatric Best disease which were treated with two different doses of intravitreal ranibizumab. Optical coherence tomography was used for monitoring of the cases. Three cases had subretinal fibrosis at presentation and two out of these 3 cases required repeat intravitreal ranibizumab at one year follow-up due to recurrence of subfoveal subretinal fluid.
Keywords:
Best disease; intravitreal ranibizumab; vitelliform macular dystrophy.
MeSH terms
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Angiogenesis Inhibitors / therapeutic use*
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Child
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Child, Preschool
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Choroidal Neovascularization / diagnosis
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Choroidal Neovascularization / drug therapy*
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Choroidal Neovascularization / etiology
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Female
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Fluorescein Angiography
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Humans
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Intravitreal Injections
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Male
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Ranibizumab / therapeutic use*
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Recurrence
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Subretinal Fluid / diagnostic imaging*
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Tomography, Optical Coherence
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Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A / antagonists & inhibitors
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Visual Acuity / physiology
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Vitelliform Macular Dystrophy / complications*
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Vitelliform Macular Dystrophy / diagnosis
Substances
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Angiogenesis Inhibitors
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VEGFA protein, human
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Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A
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Ranibizumab