Tejerina Amparo Navea, García-Pous Maria, Pozos Elena Palacios, Esteban M Carmen Desco, Boronat Jorge Mataix
From Fundación Oftalmológica del Mediterráeno, Valencia, Spain.
Retin Cases Brief Rep. 2008 Summer;2(3):250-2. doi: 10.1097/ICB.0b013e31816b31d1.
To report the features of a case with late-onset fundus flavimaculatus (FFM) complicated by choroidal neovascularization (CNV) and treated with ranibizumab.
Retrospective interventional case report.
A 51-year-old woman presented with right eye decreased vision. Fundus flavimaculatus with CNV was diagnosed by electroretinography and fluorescein angiography.
Two intravitreal injections of ranibizumab were needed for the treatment. At the end of follow-up (9 months) no leakage was observed and visual acuity improved.
Choroidal neovascularization is a rare complication of FFM. Ranibizumab, an anti-VEFG drug, stopped neovascularization and improved final visual acuity in this case, so it must be considered in the treatment of CNV in late onset FFM.
