title: Intravitreal bevacizumab for photodynamic therapy-induced massive macular detachment in acute central serous chorioretinopathy.
abstract: We present a long followed up case of acute central serous chorioretinopathy (CSC) complicated by a severe visual loss due to massive pigment epithelium detachment of the macula after a full-dose photodynamic therapy (PDT). Rapid anatomical and functional improvement was observed after a single intravitreal injection of bevacizumab. To our knowledge, we report the first case of PDT-treated CSC complicated by severe visual loss. We can only speculate that the serous detachment of the posterior pole might have been caused by PDT-induced VEGF overexpression, explaining such an impressive response to Avastin treatment.
authors: Department of Ophthalmology, University of Thessaly School of Medicine, Larissa, Greece.
authors: Maria
authors: M
authors: G Kotoula
authors: Fani
authors: F
authors: Zacharaki
authors: Evangelia
authors: E
authors: E Tsironi