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Charles Bonnet syndrome in age-related macular degeneration - prevalence and clinical features in a Portuguese population

Rev. bras. oftalmol; 82 (), 2023
ABSTRACT Objective: Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the most prevalent cause of irreversible visual loss in the developed world. In late stages, it may lead to extremely low visual acuities, especially when associated with geographic atrophy or choroidal neovascularization. According to recent...

Maculopatía en ojo de buey por uso de cloroquina. Presentación de un caso
Maculopathy in bull's eye due to the use of chloroquine. Presentation of a case

Rev. medica electron; 43 (2), 2021
RESUMEN Se reportó el caso de un paciente con maculopatía en ojo de buey, asociada al uso de cloroquina. El uso de cloroquina en patologías reumatológicas puede provocar daño retinal relacionado con la dosis y el tiempo de evolución del tratamiento. Puede provocar desde afectación visual leve hast...

Bilateral maculopathy in a thalassemia patient on iron chelation therapy: a case report

Rev. bras. oftalmol; 80 (4), 2021
ABSTRACT A 10-year-old Malay girl with underlying HbE/beta-thalassemia, on regular blood transfusion and deferoxamine iron chelation therapy, presented with two-month history of bilateral blurring of vision. On examination, her vision was 6/36 both eyes. Other optic nerve functions were normal. Anterior ...

Inverted internal limiting membrane flap for the management of optic disc pit maculopathy

Arq. bras. oftalmol; 83 (1), 2020
ABSTRACT Optic disc pit is a rare congenital anomaly that can cause serous macular detachment. It has no universally accepted single treatment. Recently, several investigators have performed new procedures to directly seal the pit. Herein, we report a case showing a promising method for optic pit maculop...

Manifestaciones retinianas secundarias a Dengue. Reporte de caso
Retinal manifestations after Dengue fever. A case report

Introducción: El Dengue es una infección viral aguda, causada por un virus de la familia Flaviviridaeque se transmite por la picadura del mosquito Aedes Aegypti. Se han descrito manifestaciones oculares asociadas a esta enfermedad como son: maculopatía, hemorragias retinales, neuritis óptica, retinit...

Efficacy of aflibercept on exudative age-related macular degeneration in patients exhibiting complete ranibizumab resistance and tachyphylaxis

Arq. bras. oftalmol; 79 (6), 2016
ABSTRACT Purpose: The present study compared the efficacy of aflibercept for neovascular age-related macular degeneration (NV-AMD) in patients with complete ranibizumab resistance and tachyphylaxis. Methods: Forty-four eyes of 38 neovascular age-related macular degeneration patients were evaluated. Eye...

Tratamento da degeneração macular relacionada à idade com neovascularização de coróide extrafoveal: análise de uma série de casos e revisão de literatura

Rev. bras. oftalmol; 70 (4), 2011
A degeneração macular relacionada à idade (DMRI) é uma doença degenerativa da área central da retina freqüentemente associada à perda visual central, em pessoas acima de 55 anos de ambos os sexos, sendo a mais importante causa de cegueira irreversível em adultos nos países desenvolvidos e a ter...