title: Progression to macula-off tractional retinal detachment after a contralateral intraoperative intravitreal bevacizumab injection for proliferative diabetic retinopathy.
abstract: We report a patient with progression to a macula-off tractional retinal detachment in a fellow eye after a contralateral intraoperative intravitreal bevacizumab injection. A 32-year-old diabetic man noted decreased vision in his left eye 1 week following 25 gauge pars plana vitrectomy, gas tamponade, and intraoperative injection of bevacizumab in his right eye. Left eye visual acuity decreased from 20/80 to 20/200, and macula-off tractional retinal detachment was seen on clinical exam and imaging. Progression of tractional retinal detachment associated with proliferative diabetic retinopathy in a fellow eye after a contralateral intraoperative intravitreal bevacizumab injection may occur.
authors.affiliation: University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA.
authors.forename: Leonid
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zlotcavitch
authors.affiliation: Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA.
authors.forename: Harry W
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Flynn
authors.affiliation: California Retina Consultants, Santa Barbara, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Robert L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Avery
authors.affiliation: Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA.
authors.forename: Aleksandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rachitskaya
keywords: anti-VEGF therapy; diabetes mellitus; fellow eye; tractional retinal detachment