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ABSTRACT: Clinical relevance
Prompt recognition and treatment of cystoid macular edema management effectively restore vision. Awareness and recognition of recessive inheritance permit correct diagnosis and counseling.
SUBMITTER: Albuainain A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8982945 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr-Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Albuainain Abdulrahman A Alhatlan Hatlan M HM Alkhars Wajeeha W
Saudi journal of ophthalmology : official journal of the Saudi Ophthalmological Society 20210401 2
To report an adult with autosomal recessive Best vitelliform macular dystrophy with a new homozygous BEST1 mutation, the management of a cystoid macular edema with intravitreal aflibercept in the proband, and the findings in the parents, carriers of heterozygous BEST1 mutations. A 28-year-old female presented with blurry andreduced vision in her both eyes with bilateral vitelliform macular lesions. The patient's parents were also examined. Examinations included electrooculogram (EOGs), imaging s ...[more]