Open AccessBevacizumab in choroidal neovascularization secondary to Indian tick typhus: A rare case report
Author(s) -
Raghavendra Ijeri,
Gautam Beladiya,
Sharad Bhomaj
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
indian journal of ophthalmology/indian journal of ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.542
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1998-3689
pISSN - 0301-4738
DOI - 10.4103/0301-4738.195017
Subject(s) - medicine , bevacizumab , typhus , neovascularization , dermatology , tick , ophthalmology , surgery , virology , angiogenesis , chemotherapy
Tick typhus causes hemorrhagic lesions over the skin. Retina also shows hemorrhages and exudates. Many cases have been reported in western literature about this condition. To our best of knowledge, this is the first case report of tick typhus in India which was also associated with inflammatory choroidal neovascularization.