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Bilateral Herpetic Keratitis After Bilateral Intravitreal Bevacizumab for Exudative Macular Degeneration.
Cornea 2017 July
PURPOSE: To report a case of bilateral herpetic epithelial keratitis after bilateral intravitreal bevacizumab injections for the treatment of exudative age-related macular degeneration.
METHODS: A 66-year-old man with diabetes and an extensive history of bilateral anti-vascular endothelial growth factor treatments for exudative age-related macular degeneration received an intravitreal bevacizumab injection in the right eye and triple therapy (bevacizumab, photodynamic therapy, and triamcinolone acetonide) in the left eye. After 4 days, he presented with pain, photophobia, tearing, and decreased vision in both eyes. Slit-lamp examination revealed bilateral dendritic epithelial lesions with terminal bulbs, and he was diagnosed with bilateral herpes simplex epithelial keratitis.
RESULTS: The patient was treated with ganciclovir ophthalmic ointment and oral acyclovir with resolution of signs and symptoms.
CONCLUSIONS: To our knowledge, this is the first documented account of bilateral herpetic epithelial keratitis after bilateral intravitreal bevacizumab injections.
METHODS: A 66-year-old man with diabetes and an extensive history of bilateral anti-vascular endothelial growth factor treatments for exudative age-related macular degeneration received an intravitreal bevacizumab injection in the right eye and triple therapy (bevacizumab, photodynamic therapy, and triamcinolone acetonide) in the left eye. After 4 days, he presented with pain, photophobia, tearing, and decreased vision in both eyes. Slit-lamp examination revealed bilateral dendritic epithelial lesions with terminal bulbs, and he was diagnosed with bilateral herpes simplex epithelial keratitis.
RESULTS: The patient was treated with ganciclovir ophthalmic ointment and oral acyclovir with resolution of signs and symptoms.
CONCLUSIONS: To our knowledge, this is the first documented account of bilateral herpetic epithelial keratitis after bilateral intravitreal bevacizumab injections.
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