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Treatment of intravitreal bevacizumab combined with focal laser photocoagulation in the case of macular telangiectasia type 2 with retinal arterial macroaneurysm

Authors: Gökhan Demir, Özgür Artunay, Mehmet Emin Sucu, Ali Demircan, Dilek Yaşa, Cengiz Alagöz, Mevlüt Celal Öcal

Published in: Lasers in Medical Science | Issue 1/2019

Abstract

Macular telangiectasia type 2 (Mac Tel 2) is a bilateral disease of unknown cause with characteristic changes of the retinal vasculature. To the best of our knowledge, we could not find any reported cases of Mac Tel 2 with retinal arterial macroaneurysm (RAM). Our aim is to report a case of Mac Tel 2 with RAM.

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Title: Treatment of intravitreal bevacizumab combined with focal laser photocoagulation in the case of macular telangiectasia type 2 with retinal arterial macroaneurysm
Authors: Gökhan Demir
Özgür Artunay
Mehmet Emin Sucu
Ali Demircan
Dilek Yaşa
Cengiz Alagöz
Mevlüt Celal Öcal
Publication date: 01-02-2019
Publisher: Springer London
Published in: Lasers in Medical Science / Issue 1/2019
Print ISSN: 0268-8921
Electronic ISSN: 1435-604X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10103-018-2548-z

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Treatment of intravitreal bevacizumab combined with focal laser photocoagulation in the case of macular telangiectasia type 2 with retinal arterial macroaneurysm

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