Isolated Sixth Nerve Palsy After Intravitreal Bevacizumab Injection

Abstract

Purpose: To report a case of sixth nerve palsy after intravitreal bevacuzimab injection.

Methods: After intravitreal bevacizumab injection in a 64-year-old man, the patient admitted to our clinic with the complaint of diplopia. A complete ophthalmologic examination was done to clear the symptomatology of patient.

Results: Examination of ductions revealed marked limitation of abduction of the right eye and full ductions of the left eye, consistent with right lateral rectus paralysis. Conclusions: Although intravitreal bevacizumab injections are generally well tolerated, it is possible that some serious systemic adverse events may occur. For this reason, patients must be closely monitored following these injections.

KEYWORDS::

• age-related macular degeneration
• bevacizumab
• sixth nerve palsy

Declaration of Interest: There is no conflict of interest related to our manuscript and the authors do not have proprietary interest in this manuscript. This manuscript was not presented anywhere. Any financial support was not taken for this study.