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Case Reports
. 2001 Mar;131(3):386-7.
doi: 10.1016/s0002-9394(00)00781-9.

Tamoxifen retinopathy in a male patient

A C Yanyali  1 , K B Freund, J A Sorenson, J S Slakter, H M Wheatley
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Case Reports

Tamoxifen retinopathy in a male patient

A C Yanyali et al. Am J Ophthalmol. 2001 Mar.

Abstract

Purpose: To report a case of tamoxifen retinopathy in a male patient.

Methods: Case report. A 68-year-old man, who had received a cumulative tamoxifen dose of 60 g over 33 months for unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma, was evaluated.

Results: A peculiar, bilateral, symmetric, inner retinal crystalline deposition associated with mild macular edema was discovered. No other ocular toxicity of tamoxifen was observed.

Conclusion: To our knowledge, this is the first report of tamoxifen retinopathy in a male.

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