The authors report the case of a patient who developed cystoid macular edema after surgery for myopia by LASIK method. She was treated with intravitreal injections of ranibizumab and presented satisfactory visual result.
(A) Fundus photography of the right eye showing a circumscribed yellow-orange choroidal mass located along the inferotemporal vascular arcade. (B) Optical coherence tomography (OCT) demonstrating a dome-shaped choroidal mass with subretinal fluid, retinal pigment epithelium alterations, cystoid macular edema, and outer retinal damage.
FreitasLGA, MesquitaNS, ZorrillaJAT, ÁvilaMP. Macular edema post-LASIK treated with ranibizumab. Rev Bras Oftalmol. 2014;73(3):171-3.
Freitas,Luiz Guilherme Azevedo de; Mesquita,Natália Silva de; Zorrilla,Juliana Aquino Teixeira; Ávila,Marcos Pereira de. Macular edema post-LASIK treated with ranibizumab. Rev Bras Oftalmol., v. 73, n. 3, p. 171-173, Jun. 2014.
Freitas,L.G.A. , Mesquita,N.S. , Zorrilla,J.A.T., & Ávila,M.P. (2014). Macular edema post-LASIK treated with ranibizumab. Rev Bras Oftalmol.,73(3), 171-173.
Freitas,Luiz Guilherme Azevedo de and Mesquita,Natália Silva de and Zorrilla,Juliana Aquino Teixeira and Ávila,Marcos Pereira de. Macular edema post-LASIK treated with ranibizumab. Rev Bras Oftalmol. [online]. 2014, vol. 73, n. 3, [cited 2026-10-27], pp.171-173. Available from: <https://www.rbojournal.org/en/article/macular-edema-post-lasik-treated-with-ranibizumab/>. ISSN 0034-7280.
