| Title |
Combined treatment in punctate inner choroidopathy
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management, September 2016
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| DOI | 10.2147/tcrm.s110556 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Barbara Terelak-Borys, Katarzyna Zagajewska, Irmina Jankowska-Lech, Piotr Tesla, Iwona Grabska-Liberek |
| Abstract |
The purpose of this study was to describe a combination treatment for choroidal neovascular (CNV) membrane, secondary to punctate inner choroidopathy (PIC). A 44-year-old female patient was diagnosed with PIC complicated by the development of recurrent juxtafoveal neovascular membrane. The treatment included a sequence of monotherapy regimens: systemic steroid therapy, photodynamic therapy, and intravitreal injections of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) inhibitor (anti-VEGF). Owing to the CNV membrane resistance to various types of monotherapy, a combination treatment consisting of local injections of steroid underneath the Tenon's capsule and intravitreal anti-VEGF injections was used. Systemic steroid therapy resulted in rapid local improvement with a very short remission period. No positive effects of photodynamic therapy were observed. Sequential anti-VEGF injections led to remission periods of several months. Permanent regression of CNV membrane was achieved following combined local application of steroid and intravitreal anti-VEGF injections. A combination treatment including steroid and anti-VEGF medication characterized by anti-inflammatory and antiangiogenic effects may be a very beneficial option for the treatment of recurrent CNV membrane as a complication of PIC. |
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| Student > Doctoral Student | 3 | 23% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 2 | 15% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 2 | 15% |
| Student > Bachelor | 1 | 8% |
| Researcher | 1 | 8% |
| Other | 1 | 8% |
| Unknown | 3 | 23% |
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| Medicine and Dentistry | 6 | 46% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 1 | 8% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 1 | 8% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 1 | 8% |
| Computer Science | 1 | 8% |
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