Treatment of Cystoid Macular Edema with Octreotide
- 26 February 1998
- journal article
- letter
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 338 (9) , 624-626
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199802263380917
Abstract
Idiopathic cystoid macular edema is an uncommon form of retinal edema that is refractory to treatment with drugs such as acetazolamide1 that are used in patients with other types of macular edema.2,3 We describe the beneficial effect of octreotide in a patient with this disorder.Keywords
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