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Case Reports
. 1982 May;14(5):436-8.

Ocular findings in the intravenous drug abuser

C M Lederer Jr, F N Sabates
  • PMID: 6180671
Case Reports

Ocular findings in the intravenous drug abuser

C M Lederer Jr et al. Ann Ophthalmol. 1982 May.

Abstract

Two patients with talc emboli of the retinal vasculature, both of them intravenous drug abusers, are described. One underwent a pars plana vitrectomy for removal of the vascularized vitreous mass that obscured the retina. The vitreous mass was presumably a result of retinal neovascularization secondary to the talc embolic. Other ocular findings that may be observed in the intravenous drug abuser are described.

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