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ArticleJournal of medical case reports2023

Foveal cone loss in tamoxifen maculopathy: a case report.

Nathan Doble, Elaine M Wells-Gray, Michael Wells, Stacey S Choi

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Article in Journal of medical case reports, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Nathan DobleCollege of Optometry, The Ohio State University, 338 W 10Th Ave, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA. doble.2@osu.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1195-8903
Elaine M Wells-GrayCollege of Optometry, The Ohio State University, 338 W 10Th Ave, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA.
Michael WellsDepartment of Ophthalmology and Vision Science, Havener Eye Institute, The Ohio State University, 915 Olentangy River Road, Columbus, OH, 43212, USA.
Stacey S ChoiCollege of Optometry, The Ohio State University, 338 W 10Th Ave, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA.
The Ohio State University · USUniversity of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center · US

Funding

In-vivo, High Contrast Imaging of the Human Rod Photoreceptor MosaicR01EY020901 · NEI · OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY · PI DOBLE, NATHAN · 2010 to 2013
$1.2M
NEI NIH HHS EY020901NEI NIH HHS R01 EY020901
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundTamoxifen is used in low dose concentrations (20-40 mg per day) as a therapy for breast cancer but is known to have ocular side effects. In this case report, the foveal cone integrity in a tamoxifen-treated patient who complained of a small central scotoma in the left eye while reading was examined using high resolution adaptive optics imaging. CASE PRESENTATION: Both eyes of a 54-year-old Caucasian, non-hispanic female who had been treated with tamoxifen for 1.5 years were examined using various imaging modalities including fundus photography, fundus autofluorescence, fluorescein angiography, spectral-domain optical coherence tomography, and adaptive optics scanning laser ophthalmoscopy. Clinical spectral-domain optical coherence tomography showed a very small disruption to the photoreceptor layer at the fovea in the left eye only. However, adaptive optics scanning laser ophthalmoscopy imaging revealed foveal cone loss in both eyes, but to a lesser extent in the right eye. Inner retinal changes were not observed in either eye.

conclusionThe area of cone loss was similar in size to a single newsprint letter when projected onto the retina, matching the patient's description of a scotoma in the left eye. Given the isolated loss of foveal cone photoreceptors with the absence of previously reported inner retinal and vascular changes, our results may indicate the earliest retinal changes associated with tamoxifen retinopathy.

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Macular DegenerationRetinal DiseasesFemaleFluorescein AngiographyHumansMiddle AgedRetinal Cone Photoreceptor CellsScotomaTamoxifenTomography, Optical CoherenceTamoxifenAdaptive opticsCone photoreceptorsImagingRetinaScanning laser ophthalmoscopyTamoxifen maculopathy

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