Bilateral hemorrhagic occlusive retinal vasculitis and panuveitis following intravitreal faricimab injection: A clinicopathologic case study
The case highlights the clinical presentation, detailed findings, and successful treatment strategy for hemorrhagic occlusive retinal vasculitis and panuveitis induced by IVT injection of faricimab. Cytopathology analysis of vitreous samples provides novel insights regarding inflammatory mechanisms underlying this rare but potentially sight-threatening complication.
Authors
- Negin Yavari (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9914-2935)
- Amir Akhavanrezayat (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9245-4330)
- Daniel Agarwal
- Christopher Or
- Azadeh Mobasserian
- Cam V. Nguyen
- Çigdem Yaşar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0386-3613)
- Xiaoyan Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5784-1503)
- Ankur Gupta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8443-5519)
- Osama Elaraby (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-2907-0050)
- Dalia El-Feky
- Ngoc Trong Tuong Than
- Andreas Mitsios
- Aim-On Saengsirinavin
- Anna Bettina Toth
- Jonathan Lin
- Jia-Horung Hung
- Frances Anover Andrea
- Quan Dong Nguyen
Institutions
- VA Palo Alto Health Care System (US)
- Tanta University (EG)
- Southwestern Medical Center (US)
- Department of Planning & Building (US)
- Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute (US)
- The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (US)
- Stanford University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- American Journal of Ophthalmology Case Reports
- Published
- 2026-01-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajoc.2026.102532
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Ocular Diseases and Behçet’s Syndrome
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 22.55