PURPOSE To report the efficacy of intravitreal injection of bevacizumab 1.25 mg (IVB) in the treatment of choroidal neovascularization (CNV) secondary to angioid streaks (AS). METHODS Case review of two patients with CNV secondary to AS treated with three IVB with a 1-year follow up. RESULTS In both patients after 1 year fluorescein angiography and optical coherence tomography showed comple...

Minor blunt trauma may cause typical haemorrhages and probably enlargement of breaks or new breaks in patients affected with the Groenblad-Strandberg syndrome.

A 21 year old male patient reported in 2003 with complaint of diminution of vision in left eye since 1 month. Best corrected visual acuity OD was 20/20 and 20/120 OS. Fundus evaluation revealed angioid streaks in both eyes with scarred Choroidal neovascularization (CNV) in left eye [Fig. 1]. He was followed up regularly at intervals of 3 months. In 2010, he noticed blurring of vision in the rig...

Forty-three additional members of a family described originally by Sorsby and Mason have been examined in order to typify pseudoinflammatory macular dystrophy more accurately. Six new affected members were identified by history alone and a further 7 were examined. Vision is lost from disciform macular degeneration generally during the 5th decade of life. Thereafter peripheral degeneration occur...

Introduction Pseudoxanthoma elasticum (PXE) is a rare heritable disorder of the connective tissue. Up to 1964, approximately 400 cases had been reported (Suerig and Siefert, 1964). The lesion involves mainly the skin, the eyes and the cardiovascular system, giving rise to diverse clinical manifestations. Most of the reports have highlighted the association of cutaneous changes with angioid stre...