Corticosteroids are commonly used in ophthalmology for treatment of various retinal diseases.5 Triamcinolone (TC), a conventional corticosteroid with anti-inflammatory and anti-angiogenic activity, is a potent treatment for intraocular proliferative, edematous and neovascular ocular diseases6, 7 and AMD,8, 9 in particular, exudative AMD.10, 11 TC treatment can be used alone or in combination with other treatments such as photodynamic therapy with verteporfin or anti-vascular endothelial growth factor agents.12 This evidence concerns the gene VEGFA and age-related macular degeneration.