Phototoxic maculopathy after secondary intraocular lens implantation
Accepted 6 April 2004.
We report phototoxic maculopathy in 2 aphakic patients after secondary, scleral-sutured intraocular lens implantation. This rare complication may have been triggered by drugs that increased the photosensitivity of the tissue. Careful preoperative assessment is necessary to question the receipts of photosensitizing drugs and identify diseases that predispose patients to phototoxic injuries.
From the University Eye Hospital Mannheim, Faculty for Clinical Medicine of the Ruprecht Karls University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
Reprint requests to Dr. Gangolf Sauder, Universitäts-Augenklinik, Theodor-Kutzer-Ufer 1-3, 68167 Mannheim, Germany.
None of the authors has a financial or proprietary interest in any material or method mentioned.
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