Lamellar macular hole formation following intravitreal bevacizumab injection for choroidal neovascularization by age-related macular degeneration

• Main Authors: Hamidreza Torabi, Khosrow Jadidi, Mostafa Naderi
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2018-01-01
• Series: Oman Journal of Ophthalmology
• Subjects: Choroidal neovascularization; intravitreal bevacizumab; lamellar macular hole; neovascular age-related macular degeneration
• Online Access: http://www.ojoonline.org/article.asp?issn=0974-620X;year=2018;volume=11;issue=3;spage=277;epage=279;aulast=Torabi

This report describes a lamellar macular hole formation subsequent to intravitreal bevacizumab injection for the treatment of choroidal neovascularization (CNV) by age-related macular degeneration. A 67-year-old woman with bilateral CNV underwent 3 monthly intravitreal bevacizumab injections in her both eyes. One month after the third bilateral injection, vision loss happened. Optical coherence tomography performed for further evaluation that showed reduction of intra- and sub-retinal fluid associated with lamellar macular hole development in both eyes. Although macular hole formation, especially bilateral form, is a rare complication of intravitreal injections, surgeons should consider macular hole development in cases with vision deterioration following intravitreal bevacizumab injection.