%0 Journal Article
%T Intravitreal injection of ranibizumab for foveal-macular pattern dystrophy: case report
%A Ventura
%A Alexandre Augusto Cabral de Mello
%A Grant
%A Lorna Winifred
%A Dadgostar
%A Hajir
%A Lewis
%A Hilel
%J Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia
%D 2011
%I Conselho Brasileiro de Oftalmologia
%R 10.1590/S0004-27492011000400013
%X in the recent years, anti-angiogenic medications have successfully treated other diseases associated with choroidal neovascularization. the anti-angiogenic therapy alone or combined with laser and/or steroids has been effective in controlling ocular neovascularization, not only restricted to the treatment of typical membranes due to macular degeneration in the wet form. the discovery and subsequent use of these drugs has revolutionized medicine and ophthalmology. this report illustrates an example of successful treatment in a challenging pathology where it was found important visual and anatomical response after the use of ranibizumab.
%K fovea centralis
%K lutein
%K retinal pigments
%K tomography
%K optical coherence
%K macula lutea
%K macular degeneration
%K fluorescein angiography
%K choroidal neovascularization
%K antibodies
%K monoclonal [therapeutic use]
%K intravitreal injections.
%U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0004-27492011000400013&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en