Intravitreal ranibizumab for choroidal neovascularization in a patient with angioid streaks and multiple evanescent white dots
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Intravitreal ranibizumab for choroidal neovascularization in a patient with angioid streaks and multiple evanescent white dots
BACKGROUND To report a patient with angioid streaks (ASs) and coincident multiple evanescent white dot syndrome (MEWDS) who developed choroidal neovascularization (CNV). CASE PRESENTATION A 20-year-old woman presented with reduced vision (20/100) in her left eye (LE). Based on a complete ophthalmologic examination the patient was diagnosed with ASs and coincident MEWDS. Two weeks later best-c...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Ophthalmology
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1471-2415
DOI: 10.1186/s12886-016-0307-0