Case Report February 01, 2009 February 01, 2009

Juxtapapillary subretinal neovascular membrane in a patient with papilledema and idiopathic intracranial hyperthension

DOI: 10.1590/S0034-72802009000100008

We report a 41-years-old woman with idiopathic intracranial hyperthension (psedotumor cerebri syndrome) that presented with visual loss in one eye due to subretinal neovascular membrane involving the macular area. Despite the introduction of adequate medical treatment followed by optic nerve sheath fenestration that lead to optic disc edema regression there was no improvement in the subretinal neovascular membrane even after performing three sequential intravitreal injection of bevacizumab. We stress the importance of recognizing this uncommon complication of papilledema and review the literature regarding such an occurrence. We also discuss the possible causes for developing subretinal membrane in papilledema, its most common outcome and the treatment modalities available for managing subretinal neovascular membrane in patients with pseudotumor cerebri syndrome.