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Query: UMLS:C0020538 (hypertension)
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Peripapillary choroidal neovascular membrane (ppCNVM) is an infrequent finding in patients with idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH). In the pediatric subgroup there is only a single previously reported case. We describe the use of intravitreal bevacizumab for ppCNVM in a teenage boy with IIH.
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PMID:Peripapillary choroidal neovascular membrane in a teenage boy: presenting feature of idiopathic intracranial hypertension and resolution with intravitreal bevacizumab. 2340 88

Peripapillary choroidal neovascular membrane (CNVM) may develop in papilledema related to idiopathic intracranial hypertension. The authors present a teenaged boy who responded well to one dose of intravitreal ranibizumab injection. [J Pediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus. 2017;54:e27-e30.].
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PMID:Intravitreal Ranibizumab Injection in Peripapillary CNVM Related to Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension. 2845 65