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ArticleCase reports in ophthalmological medicine2016

Photopsias during Systemic Bevacizumab Therapy.

Heather Leisy, Meleha Ahmad, R Theodore Smith

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Article in Case reports in ophthalmological medicine, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Heather LeisyDepartment of Ophthalmology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5115-542X
Meleha AhmadDepartment of Ophthalmology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA.
R Theodore SmithDepartment of Ophthalmology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA.
New York University · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background. The authors describe a case of recurrent photopsias in a 56-year-old woman following repeat treatments with systemic intravenous bevacizumab for stage IV ovarian cancer. To our knowledge, this is the first report of photopsias following systemic bevacizumab treatments in a patient with a normal eye exam. Case Presentation. A 56-year-old Caucasian female complained of onset of floaters and flashes in the temporal peripheral field of the right eye 1 day after receiving intravenous of 30 g of 25 mg/mL of systemic bevacizumab for treatment of stage IV ovarian cancer. Ophthalmic examination, including dilated fundus exam, spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) of the optic nerve head, and enhanced depth imaging SD-OCT of the macula, revealed no significant abnormalities. Possible mechanisms are reviewed. Conclusion. We propose that patients who undergo intravenous bevacizumab treatments are questioned for any ocular symptoms and that more systematic evaluations of retinal nerve fiber layer and choroidal effects are obtained in those patients who are on long-term treatment at high doses.

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