ABSTRACT
CASO CLÍNICO: Presentamos el caso clínico de un paciente varón de 32 años de edad con edema macular quístico y desprendimiento seroso del neuroepitelio en ambos ojos secundario a una retinocoroidopatía de Birdshot. Tras la respuesta parcial del edema macular a corticoides orales y subtenonianos, se inició tratamiento mediante un implante intravítreo de 0,7 mg de dexametasona (Ozurdex®, Allergan) en ambos ojos, obteniéndose una mejoría anatómica y funcional que se mantuvo durante los 6 meses de seguimiento. Discusión: En pacientes con edema macular secundario a la enfermedad de Birdshot, bien por ineficacia, bien por intolerancia a terapias previas, los implantes intravítreos de dexametasona pueden ser una opción terapéutica
CLINICAL CASE: The case is reported of a 32 year-old man with a bilateral cystoid macular oedema and serous macular detachment due to birdshot retinochoroidopathy. An intravitreal implant of 0.7 mg dexamethasone (Ozurdex®, Allergan) was performed on both eyes, after a partial response of the macular oedema to oral and subtenon corticosteroids. Anatomical and visual improvements were observed and maintained after six months of follow up. DISCUSSION: Intravitreal dexamethasone implant may be a good therapeutic option in patients with macular oedema due to Birdshot retinochoroidopathy, and who were refractory or had intolerance to previous therapies
Subject(s)
Humans , Male , Adult , Macular Edema/drug therapy , Macular Edema/physiopathology , Dexamethasone/therapeutic use , Tomography, Optical Coherence/instrumentation , Tomography, Optical Coherence/methods , Tomography, Optical Coherence , Choroid Diseases/complications , Choroid Diseases/drug therapy , Choroid Diseases/surgery , Vitreous Body , Vitreous Body/surgery , Angiography/methodsABSTRACT
CLINICAL CASE: The case is reported of a 32 year-old man with a bilateral cystoid macular oedema and serous macular detachment due to birdshot retinochoroidopathy. An intravitreal implant of 0.7 mg dexamethasone (Ozurdex®, Allergan) was performed on both eyes, after a partial response of the macular oedema to oral and subtenon corticosteroids. Anatomical and visual improvements were observed and maintained after six months of follow up. DISCUSSION: Intravitreal dexamethasone implant may be a good therapeutic option in patients with macular oedema due to Birdshot retinochoroidopathy, and who were refractory or had intolerance to previous therapies.
