Bevacizumab as a treatment option for choroidal neovascularisation due to large optic nerve drusen in a 14-year-old girl

Abstract

Purpose: To report the effects of a single intravitreous injection of bevacizumab for the treatment of secondary choroideal neovascularisation due to large optic disc drusen.Methods: A 14-year-old female patient with painless loss of vision iye presented with unusually large optic disc drusen and jy choroidal neovascularisation with subretinal hemorrhaghe was treated with a single intravitreous injection of bevacizumab.Results: Visual acuity increased from 20/100 to 20/25 within 4 weeks after injection and remained at this level during the 12-month follow-up period.Conclusions: Bevacizumab is a possible primary treatment option for secondary choroidal neovascularisation due to large optic disc drusen in children as an alternative to other more invasive or complex procedures.

Keywords

• juvenile
• optic disc drusen
• choroidal neovascularisation
• cystoid edema
• bevacizumab