Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 30, Issue 12 , Pages 2620-2622, December 2004

Phototoxic maculopathy after secondary intraocular lens implantation

From the University Eye Hospital Mannheim, Faculty for Clinical Medicine of the Ruprecht Karls University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

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.

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 None of the authors has a financial or proprietary interest in any material or method mentioned.

PII: S0886-3350(04)00697-2

doi:10.1016/j.jcrs.2004.04.064

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 30, Issue 12 , Pages 2620-2622, December 2004

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