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A Case of Radiation Retinopathy of Left Eye After Radiation Therapy of Right Brain Metastasis

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Affiliated Author(s)
장성동
Alternative Author(s)
Chang, Sung Dong
Journal Title
Korena Journal of Ophthalmology
ISSN
1011-8942
Issued Date
2009
Keyword
Metastatic brain tumorRadiation retinopathyRadiation therapy
Abstract
A 37-year-old female, who had received modified radical mastectomy for cancer of her right breast, presented with decreased visual acuity in the left eye after radiation therapy for the management of the metastasis to her right brain 14 months ago. After ocular examination, we diagnosed her as radiation retinopathy. At the time of the first visit, the corrected best visual acuity was 0.4 in the left eye, and fundus examination revealed cotton wool spots and cystoid macular edema (CME). The findings in the right eye were normal except for cotton wool spots in the superior major arch. Fluorescein angiography (FA) showed marked telangiectasia and microaneurysms in her left eye but tiny microaneurysms in her right eye. Subsequent optical coherent tomography (OCT) showed CME. We injected intravitreal triamcinolone acetonide (TA). Two weeks after treatment, the visual acuity was improved to 0.6 and the retinal thickness was decreased. Three months later, the visual acuity in the left eye was dropped to 0.3 due to the recurrence of CME, so we injected intravitreal TA again. Five months later, visual acuity was improved to 0.5 and OCT revealed the improvement of CME. The incidence of radiation retinopathy is higher in the side nearer to radiation, but careful radiation blocking is also required on the opposite side of irradiation site considering the possibility of radiation retinopathy and careful observation is required on both sides of the eyes when performing fundus examination.
Department
Dept. of Ophthalmology (안과학)
Publisher
School of Medicine
Citation
Kwon Ho Hong and Sung Dong Chang. (2009). A Case of Radiation Retinopathy of Left Eye After Radiation Therapy of Right Brain Metastasis. Korena Journal of Ophthalmology, 23(2), 114–117. doi: 10.3341/kjo.2009.23.2.114
Type
Article
ISSN
1011-8942
DOI
10.3341/kjo.2009.23.2.114
URI
https://kumel.medlib.dsmc.or.kr/handle/2015.oak/36281
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