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Case Reports
. 1981 Mar;65(3):177-9.
doi: 10.1136/bjo.65.3.177.

Tamoxifen retinopathy

C A McKeown, M Swartz, J Blom, J M Maggiano
Case Reports

Tamoxifen retinopathy

C A McKeown et al. Br J Ophthalmol. 1981 Mar.

Abstract

A 63-year-old female on long-term, high-dose tamoxifen treatment for metastatic breast cancer developed bilateral intraretinal refractile opacities, lesions at the level of the retinal pigment epithelium, and cystoid macular oedema.

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