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Oxygen-Induced Retinopathy Model for Ischemic Retinal Diseases in Rodents
Published on: September 16, 2020
[Proliferative radiation retinopathy]
J Suárez Baraza1, J García González, J Calzado Hinojosa
1Servicio de Oftalmología II, Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca, Cátedra de Oftalmología, Universidad de Murcia, Murcia, España.
Case Report:
A thirty year-old-woman that had received radiotherapy three years before for a frontal glyoma consulted because of diminished visual acuity in her left eye. Examination showed a proliferative radiation retinopathy in the left eye and non-proliferative radiation retinopathy in the right eye that was confirmed by fluorescein angiography. The patient was treated with panretinal photocoagulation, and her visual acuity remained stable.
Discussion:
Patients receiving cranial or neck radiotherapy should be followed for long periods of time because radiation retinopathy may appear many years after the treatment. Follow-up may permit early diagnosis of ischemic radiation retinopathy that can benefit from laser photocoagulation.
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