Introduction:

Retinopathy of prematurity is an ocular disease caused by an alteration in retinal vasculogenesis, leading to partial or total loss of sight.

Objective:

To present the first case, in the province of Santa Clara, of aggressive posterior retinopathy of prematurity and the treatment performed.

Case presentation:

Premature girl with more than 5 risk factors at birth who presented aggressive posterior retinopathy of prematurity and was treated with intravitreal bevacizumab.

Conclusions:

The evolution of the girl in a period of 1 year was satisfactory with total regression of the disease. The established treatment constitutes an alternative method with good results in some specific conditions such as aggressive posterior retinopathy of prematurity.

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