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Bevacizumab for treatment of choroidal neovascularization secondary to candida chorioretinitis

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Abstract

Purpose

To report a case of juxtafoveal choroidal neovascularization in a patient with candida chorioretinitis successfully treated with intravitreal bevacizumab.

Methods

Case report.

Results

A 45-year-old woman previously treated for candida chorioretinitis was presented with reduced vision in the left eye. The patient was investigated with ophthalmoscopy, fluorescein angiography, and optical coherence tomography (OCT). Following initial treatment, fundus examination, fluorescein angiography, and OCT of the right eye revealed a secondary juxtafoveal classic choroidal neovascularization. Following a single intravitreal injection of bevacizumab, the patient had excellent visual recovery, with absence of subretinal or intraretinal fluid in the OCT.

Conclusions

Bevacizumab was effective in treatment of choroidal neovascularization associated with candida chorioretinitis.

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Acknowledgements

RWJL and ADD received funding from the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Biomedical Research Centre based at Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and UCL Institute of Ophthalmology. The views expressed are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the NHS, the NIHR, or the Department of Health.

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  1. Bristol Eye Hospital, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust, Lower Maudlin Street, Bristol, BS1 2LX, UK

    Georgios Makragiannis, Kaveh Vahdani, Ester Carreño, Richard W. J. Lee, Andrew D. Dick & Adam H. Ross

  2. School of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK

    Richard W. J. Lee & Andrew D. Dick

  3. National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Centre, Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, London, UK

    Richard W. J. Lee & Andrew D. Dick

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Makragiannis, G., Vahdani, K., Carreño, E. et al. Bevacizumab for treatment of choroidal neovascularization secondary to candida chorioretinitis. Int Ophthalmol 38, 781–785 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10792-017-0502-x

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