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Year : 2011  |  Volume : 59  |  Issue : 4  |  Page : 318-319

Intravitreal ranibizumab for the treatment of choroidal neovascularization secondary to ocular toxoplasmosis


Department of Cornea and Anterior Segment, The Eye Super Specialities, Ghatkopar - East, Mumbai - 400 077, India

Correspondence Address:
Urmi N Shah
Cornea and Anterior Segment Consultant, The Eye Super Specialities, 201, Punit Plaza, Next to Rajawadi Post Office, Ghatkopar (E), Mumbai - 400 077
India
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Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None


DOI: 10.4103/0301-4738.82005

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The purpose of the study was to report a case of choroidal neovascularization (CNV) secondary to ocular toxoplasmosis in an 18-year-old female patient. She was treated with a single intravitreal injection of ranibizumab. The CNV resolved as confirmed by fluorescein angiography and optical coherence tomography (OCT). The visual acuity improved to 20/30, which was maintained till the last follow-up visit at two years, without requisition of a repeat injection.


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