Late-onset persistent retinal microvascular changes after bone marrow transplantation: 3-year follow-up
Arq. bras. oftalmol
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65(3): 367-368, maio-jun. 2002. ilus
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in English
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ABSTRACT
Purpose: To describe a case of persistent retinopathy after bone marrow transplantation in the absence of radiation therapy. Methods: Case Report. Results: A 42 year-old man developed bilateral visual loss 15 months after receiving a bone marrow transplantation for acute leukemia. The patient was treated with a high dose of cyclosporin A and oral corticosteroids. No radiation therappy was given. Late-onset, multiple, bilateral cotton-wool spots developed 15 months after the bone marrow transplantation and still persist. After three years other cotton-wool spots arose in the absence of any immunosuppresive therapy. Conclusions: Bone marrow transplantation microvasculopathy of the retina may be related to certain combinations of chemotherapy drugs or immunosuppresion itself and may persist in the absence of these immunosuppressive drugs.
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Main subject:
Retinal Diseases
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Bone Marrow Transplantation
Limits:
Adult
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Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Journal:
Arq. bras. oftalmol
Journal subject:
Ophthalmology
Year:
2002
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Brazil
Institution/Affiliation country:
Universidade Federal de Säo Paulo/BR
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Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro/BR
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Universidade de Säo Paulo/BR
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