Successful long-term management of choroidal neovascularization secondary to angioid streaks in a patient with pseudoxanthoma elasticum: a case report
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Successful long-term management of choroidal neovascularization secondary to angioid streaks in a patient with pseudoxanthoma elasticum: a case report
INTRODUCTION We describe the long-term effectiveness and tolerability of intravitreal vascular endothelial growth factor inhibitor ranibizumab in a patient with pseudoxanthoma elasticum with bilateral macular choroidal neovascularization secondary to angioid streaks. CASE PRESENTATION A 54-year-old Caucasian man with history of heart disease presented with visual loss in his right eye. An exa...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Medical Case Reports
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1752-1947
DOI: 10.1186/1752-1947-8-458