Idiopathic choroidal neovascular membrane in a young female

A case of idiopathic choroidal neovascular membrane (CNVM) is described in a 17-year-old female patient. On initial examination her vision was counting fingers at one meter in the left eye (OS) and Fluorescein angiography showed a well-defined hyperfluorescent area corresponding to the CNVM. Intravi...

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Main Authors: Saad Abdullah Waheeb, Mahmood Jameel Showail
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2009-01-01
Series:Oman Journal of Ophthalmology
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Online Access:http://www.ojoonline.org/article.asp?issn=0974-620X;year=2009;volume=2;issue=3;spage=133;epage=136;aulast=Waheeb
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Summary:A case of idiopathic choroidal neovascular membrane (CNVM) is described in a 17-year-old female patient. On initial examination her vision was counting fingers at one meter in the left eye (OS) and Fluorescein angiography showed a well-defined hyperfluorescent area corresponding to the CNVM. Intravitreal bevacizumab was injected into OS, and at a five-week follow-up visit, visual acuity improved to 20/100 OS. This case is unusual, in that the CNVM developed in a young lady with no significant past medical history and with the absence of a choroidal or retinal pigment epithelial disease process that may be associated with a CNVM.
ISSN:0974-620X