HORMONAL SUPPLEMENTATION TRIGGERING CHOROIDAL NEOVASCULARIZATION IN HEALTHY YOUNG FEMALES.

Purpose: To report three cases of choroidal neovascularization after hormonal treatment for ovarian stimulation during a fertility therapy.

Methods: A comprehensive ophthalmic examination was performed in all cases including best-corrected visual acuity, color fundus examination, fluorescein angiography, and optical coherence tomography.

Results: Three females in their thirties developed unilateral acuity vision loss and metamorphopsia.

Intravitreal bevacizumab (Avastin) in the treatment of macular edema secondary to retinal vein occlusion.

Objective: To evaluate efficacy and safety of intravitreal injections of bevacizumab in the treatment of macular edema secondary to retinal vein occlusion (RVO).

Methods: Prospective study, noncomparative, interventional case series. Twelve consecutive patients (12 eyes) with macular edema associated with nonischemic retinal vein occlusion were treated with intravitreal bevacizumab (1.

Acute onset of retinal detachment after posterior chamber phakic intraocular lens implantation.

Case Report: A 34-year-old man with severe myopia, presented with acute visual loss in his right eye. This occurred 3 hours after a posterior chamber phakic (PCP) intraocular lens (IOL) implantation, and was associated with a rhegmatogenous retinal detachment. Retinal retachment surgery was performed without complications, with the outcome showing good anatomical and functional results during a 2-year follow-up period.