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  • Title: Successful treatment of choroidal neovascular membrane in retinitis pigmentosa with intravitreal bevacizumab.
    Author: Malik A, Sood S, Narang S.
    Journal: Int Ophthalmol; 2010 Aug; 30(4):425-8. PubMed ID: 20049508.
    Abstract:
    We report a rare association of choroidal neovascularization (CNV) with retinitis pigmentosa and note its resolution by intravitreal injection of the anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), bevacizumab. A classic choroidal neovascular membrane was seen in the right eye (RE) of a patient with sector retinitis pigmentosa. Bevacizumab 1.25 mg in 0.05 ml was injected intravitreally. The choroidal neovascular membrane was seen to regress following this single intravitreal bevacizumab injection with formation of a scar. CNV has very rarely been seen in association with retinitis pigmentosa. Anti-VEGF drugs have been shown to have a beneficial role in CNV with other causes; in this case their effectiveness in CNV associated with retinal dystrophies, for example retinitis pigmentosa, has been demonstrated.
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