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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY
Volume 142, Issue 6, Pages 1068-1070Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2006.06.048
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PURPOSE: To report on the development of retinal pigment epithelium tears after intravitreal injections of bevacizumab as treatment of exudative age-related macular degeneration (AMD). DESIGN: Interventional case series. METHODS: The study included 63 patients who received an intravitreal injection of 1.5 mg bevacizumab as treatment of a detachment of the retinal pigment epithelium attributable to AMD and who had a follow,up of at least two months. RESULTS: Four patients (6%) developed a tear of the retinal pigment epithelium in the parafoveal region. Compared with the baseline value, visual acuity at the end of follow,up remained stable in three patients and declined in the fourth patient. CONCLUSIONS: Intravitreal injections of bevacizumab may be followed by a tear of the retinal pigment epithelium in eyes with exudative AMD and a retinal pigment epithelium detachment.
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