Title:Anti-VEGF and Retinal Dystrophies
VOLUME: 21 ISSUE: 12
Author(s):Maurizio Battaglia Parodi, Pierluigi Iacono* and Stefano Da Pozzo
Affiliation:Department of Ophthalmology, University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, IRCCS-Fondazione Bietti, Rome, TSRetina, Trieste
Keywords:Choroidal neovascularization, macular edema retinitis pigmentosa, best vitelliform macular dystrophy, stargardt
disease, pattern dystrophy, anti-VEGF.
Abstract:The therapeutic approach based on anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (anti-VEGF)
molecules can be used to treat two important complications of retinal dystrophies: choroidal neovascularization
and macular edema. The macular involvement in retinal dystrophies can lead to further visual
deterioration in patients at a young age and already affected by functional limitations. The study
reports the effect of anti-VEGF treatment in several subforms of retinal dystrophies, critically discussing
advantages and limitations.