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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY
卷 148, 期 1, 页码 70-78出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2009.02.012
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- MACULA FOUNDATION INC, NEW YORK, NEW YORK
- Genentech Inc, South San Francisco, California
PURPOSE: To describe a neovascular pattern associated with treatment-refractory neovascular age-related macular degeneration (AMD). DESIGN: A retrospective observational case series. METHODS: SETTING: Clinical practice. PATIENT POPULATION: Twelve eyes of 12 patients with neovascular AMD in which a poor anatomic response to anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) therapy was related to polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV). OBSERVATION PROCEDURE: Slit-lamp biomicroscopy, optical coherence tomography, fluorescein and indocyanine green angiography. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Snellen visual acuity (VA), anatomic response to therapy including presence or absence of retinal edema, hemorrhage, and lipid exudates. RESULTS: New or persistent PCV was identified in a cohort of patients demonstrating increasing macular exudation despite regular intravitreal ranibizumab (Lucentis; Genentech Inc, South San Francisco, California, USA) or bevacizumab (Avastin; Genentech Inc) injections for a minimum of 6 months. Treatment with verteporfin photodynamic therapy (PDT), PDT/anti VEGF combination therapy, or continued anti-VEGF monotherapy resulted in complete resolution of exudation in 9 of 12 patients and partial resolution of exudation in the remaining 3 patients. CONCLUSION: Treatment-refractory neovascular AMD may harbor vascular abnormalities such as PCV. Modifications in therapeutic protocols may be indicated in order to improve visual and anatomic outcomes in this population. (Am J Ophthalmol 2009; 148:70 -78. (C) 2009 by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
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