Abstract | PURPOSE: METHODS: Diagnostic modalities included fundus imaging, fluorescein angiography, optical coherence tomography, and genetic testing. The CNV was treated with intravitreal anti- vascular endothelial growth factor according to a treat-and-extend protocol in both eyes. RESULTS: A 60-year-old man presented with North Carolina macular dystrophy with decreasing vision in the left eye and persistently deceased central vision in the right eye. Optical coherence tomography examination showed intraretinal and subretinal fluid consistent with CNV. Genetic testing was performed. Examination of family members showed no signs of CNV. The visual acuity improved from 20/400 to 20/150 in the right eye and from 20/100 to 20/40 in the left eye after intravitreal bevacizumab treatment for CNV. Molecular analysis of the PRDM13 gene revealed a pathogenic heterozygous point mutation. CONCLUSION:
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Authors | Benjamin Bakall, J Shepard Bryan 3rd, Edwin M Stone, Kent W Small |
Journal | Retinal cases & brief reports
(Retin Cases Brief Rep)
Vol. 15
Issue 5
Pg. 509-513
(Sep 01 2021)
ISSN: 1937-1578 [Electronic] United States |
PMID | 30383557
(Publication Type: Case Reports)
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Chemical References |
- Angiogenesis Inhibitors
- Transcription Factors
- Bevacizumab
- PRDM13 protein, human
- Histone-Lysine N-Methyltransferase
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Topics |
- Angiogenesis Inhibitors
(therapeutic use)
- Bevacizumab
(therapeutic use)
- Choroidal Neovascularization
(diagnostic imaging, drug therapy)
- Corneal Dystrophies, Hereditary
(diagnostic imaging, genetics)
- Fluorescein Angiography
- Histone-Lysine N-Methyltransferase
(genetics)
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Tomography, Optical Coherence
- Transcription Factors
(genetics)
- Treatment Outcome
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