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Year : 2007 | Volume
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Intravitreal bevacizumab (Avastin) in choroidal neovascular membrane in angioid streaks
Nishant Sachdev, Kavitha Vishwanathan, Vishali Gupta, Ramandeep Singh, Amod Gupta
Department of Ophthalmology, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
Correspondence Address:
Amod Gupta Department of Ophthalmology, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Sector 12, Chandigarh - 160 012 India
Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None | Check |
DOI: 10.4103/0301-4738.36482
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Angioid streaks are crack-like dehiscences in the Bruch's membrane, which predispose to the development of a choroidal neovascular membrane (CNVM) that carries a poor visual outcome. We report successful treatment in a 25-year-old woman with bilateral angioid streaks and subfoveal CNVM in the left eye who received two doses of intravitreal bevacizumab (1.25 mg) injections six weeks apart, resulting in rapid regression of the CNVM. |
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