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Klinika Oczna / Acta Ophthalmologica Polonica
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3/2013
vol. 115
 
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Case report

Unilateral extrafoveal choroidal neovascularization in a 13-year-old child with bilateral optic nerve drusen

Monika Jędrzejczak-Stróżniak
1
,
Joanna Siwiec-Prościńska
1
,
Anna Gotz-Więckowska
1
,
Jarosław Kocięcki
1

  1. Department of Ophthalmology, Medical University in Poznań
Klinika Oczna 2013, 115 (3): 230-233
Online publish date: 2013/09/26
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Aim: The aim of our research was to describe the effect of an off-label intravitreal ranibizumab injection for treatment of unilateral extrafoveal choroidal neovascularization a with bilateral optic nerve drusen.

Material and methods: 13-year-old girl presented with decreased visual acuity of her left eye and optic nerve drusen confirmed by B-scan ultrasound examination in both eyes. Fluorescein angiography and optical coherence tomography revealed the presence of choroidal neovascularization in the left eye. The patient was treated with a single injection of ranibizumab and monitored by clinical examination, optical coherence tomography and fluorescein angiography.

Results: Choroidal neovascularization was successfully treated and the best corrected visual acuity (Snellen) fully recovered from 20/50 to 20/20 over a period of 2 months. After this time at the 30 months follow-up, visual acuity and fundus were stable without the recurrence of choroidal neovascularization.

Conclusions: Optic nerve drusen should be taken into account and carefully observed as a possible cause of peripapillary choroidal neovascularization in children. Ranibizumab can be a successful off-label treatment in children suffering from choroidal neovascularization associated with optic nerve drusen.
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choroidal neovascularization, optic nerve drusen, ranibizumab

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