Campos Polo R, Rubio Sánchez C
Servicio de Oftalmología, Hospital Virgen del Puerto, Plasencia, Cáceres, España.
Servicio de Oftalmología, Hospital Virgen del Puerto, Plasencia, Cáceres, España.
Arch Soc Esp Oftalmol. 2016 May;91(5):245-9. doi: 10.1016/j.oftal.2016.01.001. Epub 2016 Feb 15.
A 62-year-old woman with a history of bilateral retinal pigment epithelium detachment (PED), secondary of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), who presented with a retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) tear on her left eye after an aflibercept injection in the contralateral eye one month earlier.
A RPE tear is the main complication when the anti-VEGF therapy is used for the management of the PED. Furthermore, it should be noted that systemic absorption of the drug can induce an effect on the untreated eye.