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Inflammatory Choroidal Neovascular Membranes

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Inflammatory choroidal neovascular membranes are a rare complication of uveitis. They tend to affect eyes with posterior uveitis or panuveitis, and occur more commonly in subfoveal or peripapillary locations. Visual prognosis is guarded due to their chronic, recurrent course. Their diagnosis in early stages is often missed due to the underlying signs of uveitis such as chorioretinal scars, dense vitritis, macular edema, sunset glow fundus, complicated cataract, etc. A high index of suspicion is required to detect them early. Fluorescein angiography plays an important role in confirming the diagnosis. They respond favorably to intravitreal anti-vascular endothelial growth factor injections.

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  1. Advanced Eye Centre, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, 160012, Chandigarh, India

    Reema Bansal, Vishali Gupta & Amod Gupta

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  1. Advanced Eye Center, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India

    Vishali Gupta

  2. Ophthalmology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, USA

    Quan Dong Nguyen

  3. Department of Ophthalmology, Pitié-Salpêtrière University, Paris, France

    Phuc LeHoang

  4. University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

    Carl P Herbort Jr.

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Bansal, R., Gupta, V., Gupta, A. (2016). Inflammatory Choroidal Neovascular Membranes. In: Gupta, V., Nguyen, Q., LeHoang, P., Herbort Jr., C. (eds) The Uveitis Atlas. Springer, New Delhi. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-2506-5_115-1

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