Background/aims: The aim of this paper is to report the treatment of type 2 nonproliferative idiopathic macular telangiectasia (IMT) with intravitreal bevacizumab (IVB).

Methods: Retrospective case series of 10 eyes of 5 patients with type 2 IMT. All patients received 3 monthly IVB injections. Visual acuity (VA), fluorescein angiography (FA) and optical coherence tomography (OCT) were performed at baseline and 4 weeks after each injection.

Results: Four weeks after the third IVB injection, VA remained stable for all patients. All eyes showed some decrease in fluorescein leakage, and there was a mild decrease in central macular thickness. One year later, VA, OCT and FA findings returned to the baseline levels.

Conclusion: IVB did not improve VA in cases of type 2 IMT.

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