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[Newly occurring loss of visual acuity in choroidal osteoma]
A Schuh1, P Foerster2, S Priglinger2
1Augenklinik, LMU, Mathildenstr. 8, 80336, München, Deutschland. anna.schuh@med.uni-muenchen.de.
Purpose:
Approach to loss of visual acuity in a patient with a choroidal osteoma (CO) which had been stable for seven years.
Methods:
Fluorescence angiography confirmed a choroidal neovascularization (CNV) as the cause of the loss of visual acuity. Treatment with intravitreal (IVT) injection of ranibizumab.
Results:
Increase of visual acuity and decrease of edema after IVT injection.
Conclusion:
Monitoring is necessary even for primarily benign CO in order to detect secondary complications causing loss of visual acuity, e. g. secondary CNV. Anti-VEGF IVT represents an approved treatment option.
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