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SUBMITTER: Clemens CR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC10294021 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan-Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Clemens Christoph R CR Alten Florian F Zimmermann Julian A JA Eter Nicole N
Case reports in ophthalmology 20230101 1
This case report describes a 78-year-old patient who developed a tear of the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) during faricimab (Vabysmo<sup>®</sup>) therapy. After three consecutive intravitreal aflibercept (Eylea<sup>®</sup>) injections with persistent disease activity, therapy was switched to faricimab. The patient experienced a tear in the RPE 4 weeks postinjection. We report the first published case of RPE tear development after intravitreal faricimab injection in neovascular age-related mac ...[more]