ABSTRACT Reticular pigmentary retinal dystrophy, also known as Sjögren’s reticular dystrophy, is a rare condition characterized by macular lesions with a reticular pattern, which are best seen on fluorescein angiogram. Choroidal neovascularization secondary to this type of dystrophy is even less common. This report describes a case of reticular pigmentary retinal dystrophy with vision loss due to neovascular membrane, which responded well to treatment with anti-vascular endothelial growth factor.

ABSTRACT This work aimed to demonstrate the importance of early detection of punctate inner choroidopathy, highlighting the pathophysiology of inflammation and the differential diagnoses among white dot syndromes. Special attention was given to multifocal choroiditis and panuveitis, by demonstrating the peculiar epidemiology in young women, characterizing the typical clinical presentation in ophthalmoscopy, and exploring the advantages and disadvantages of performing the complementary examinations, which are part of the multimodal analysis useful for diagnosis (particularly fluorescein angiography, optical coherence tomography, and […]

Abstract The purpose is to report a case of laser pointer-induced maculopathy and to describe its characteristics using spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT), further the outcome of treatment with intravitreal injections. A 35-year-old man presented with a 6-day history of central vision loss in his right eye (RE) after an accidental laser pointer discharge (wavelength of 532 nm). He underwent a full ophthalmologic examination, including SD-OCT, which suggested the presence of subfoveal choroidal neovascularization (CNV). This was not confirmed due […]

Objetivo: Avaliar o perfil epidemiológico e severidade da degeneração macular relacionada à idade (DMRI) no ambulatório de oftalmologia da Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR) em Curitiba, Paraná, Brasil. Métodos: Estudo transversal com dados coletados referentes as 6155 consultas oftalmológicas realizadas no período de novembro de 2011 a novembro de 2013. Destes, 346 pacientes possuíam doenças retinianas e foram avaliados por dois especialistas em retina à procura de sinais de DMRI. Os confirmados foram submetidos a um protocolo compreendendo acuidade visual, […]

Objective: To evaluate the profile and severity of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in ophthalmology ambulatory of Federal University of Parana in Curitiba, Parana, Brazil. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study with data collected among the 6155 outpatients ophthalmic appointments (november 2011 to november 2013). In this 6155 patients, a total of 346 patients had retinal diseases and were screened by two retinal specialists for signs of AMD. If present, they were submitted to a protocol including a new ophthalmic evaluation […]

The authors relate a predominantly hemorrhagic choroidal neovascular lesion from neovascular. Age-related macular degeneration patient case treated with intravitreal ranibizumab therapy. Monthly ranibizumab (six intravitreal injections) displayed a promising response but this limited report is insufficient to guarantee the indication for all predominantly hemorrhagic choroidal neovascular lesion from neovascular age-related macular degeneration. Further studies will be necessary for complete validation of our results for all predominantly hemorrhagic choroidal neovascular lesions from CNV due to AMD.

Investigar os resultados da injeção intravítrea de Ranibizumab em pacientes com neovascularização de coróide da degeneração macular relacionada a idade, com atrofia geográfica extensa, pré-existente e revisão da literatura. MÉTODOS: Este é um artigo de revisão e também um estudo retrospectivo de 9 pacientes, 10 olhos com neovascularização de coróide da degeneração macular relacionada à idade, com atrofia geográfica extensa, pré-existente. Os pacientes incluídos apresentaram atrofia geográfica, envolvendo a fóvea ou adjacente, antes do desenvolvimento da neovascularização de coróide. A […]

PURPOSE: To report the response of choroidal neovascularization (CNV) to intravitreal ranibizumab treatment in the setting of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) with extensive pre-existing geographic atrophy (GA) and a revision paper. METHODS: This is a revision paper and a retrospective case series of 10 eyes in nine consecutive patients from a photographic database. The patients were actively treated with ranibizumab for neovascular AMD with extensive pre-existing GA. Patients were included if they had GA at or adjacent to the foveal […]