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ArticleOxford medical case reports2026

Successful management of high-risk proliferative diabetic retinopathy during pregnancy with intravitreal faricimab.

Sonia Scallon, Michael Rauser, Anny M S Cheng, Kakarla V Chalam

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Article in Oxford medical case reports, 2026. 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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Sonia ScallonDepartment of Ophthalmology, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA 92354, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0000-3531-2301
Michael RauserDepartment of Ophthalmology, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA 92354, USA.
Anny M S ChengDepartment of Ophthalmology, Alaska Native Medical Center, AK 99508, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7035-8567
Kakarla V ChalamDepartment of Ophthalmology, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA 92354, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0004-9416

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Management of proliferative diabetic retinopathy during pregnancy requires balancing maternal vision preservation against uncertain fetal risks associated with intravitreal anti-vascular endothelial growth factor therapy. We report a 27-year-old woman with a chronic type 1 diabetes mellitus who presented at 28 weeks and 1 day of gestation with high-risk proliferative diabetic retinopathy and dense vitreous hemorrhage in the left eye, precluding panretinal photocoagulation. After multidisciplinary counseling regarding limited pregnancy safety data and treatment alternatives, a single intravitreal faricimab injection was administered at 29 weeks and 6 days of gestation. One month later, left eye visual acuity improved from counting fingers to 20/25 with substantial clearance of the vitreous hemorrhage. Cesarean delivery was performed 37 days after injection at 36 weeks and 1 day of gestation for nonreassuring fetal heart tracings. No treatment-attributable adverse event was identified. To our knowledge, this represents the first reported use of intravitreal faricimab during pregnancy.

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angiopoietin-2anti-VEGFFaricimabPregnancyproliferative diabetic retinopathyvitreous hemorrhage

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PMID42893290
PMCPMC13676271

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