Cornea Verticillata With Toxic Optic Neuropathy: A Case Report
Corneal verticillata presents with whorl like brown deposits in corneal epithelium. They rarely result in reduced vision. The most important potential side effect of anti-tubercular drugs is optic neuritis and can result in corneal verticillate.
Anurag Kumar Kashyap +5 more
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A 37-year-old woman presenting with impaired visual function during antituberculosis drug therapy: a case report [PDF]
Introduction Combination antituberculosis drug therapy remains the mainstay of treating tuberculosis. Unfortunately, antituberculosis drugs produce side effects including (toxic) impaired visual function, which may be irreversible.
Abdulkabir A Ayanniyi +1 more
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Unilateral optic neuropathy following subdural hematoma: a case report [PDF]
Introduction Unilateral optic neuropathy is commonly due to a prechiasmatic affliction of the anterior visual pathway, while losses in visual hemifields result from the damage to brain hemispheres.
Alexandra Kretz +22 more
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Amiodarone-associated optic neuropathy in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases
An increase in the growth of cardiovascular diseases has been observed in the last few years. Cardiac rhythm disturbances, especially atrial fibrillation, in absence of cardioversion and proper prophylaxis lead to thromboembolic complications.
E. E. Ioyleva +3 more
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Restoring mitofusin balance prevents axonal degeneration in a Charcot-Marie-Tooth type 2A model [PDF]
Mitofusin-2 (MFN2) is a mitochondrial outer-membrane protein that plays a pivotal role in mitochondrial dynamics in most tissues, yet mutations in MFN2, which cause Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 2A (CMT2A), primarily affect the nervous system.
A.K.M.G. Muhammad +23 more
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Clinical disorders affecting mesopic vision [PDF]
Vision in the mesopic range is affected by a number of inherited and acquired clinical disorders. We review these conditions and summarize the historical background, describing the clinical characteristics alongside the genetic basis and molecular ...
Abramowicz M. +100 more
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Isolated reversible toxic optic neuropathy secondary to linezolid
A 67-year-old male diagnosed with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus-induced osteomyelitis was started on second-line antibiotic therapy (linezolid).
Liron Berkovitz +4 more
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Managing toxicities associated with immune checkpoint inhibitors: consensus recommendations from the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) Toxicity Management Working Group. [PDF]
Cancer immunotherapy has transformed the treatment of cancer. However, increasing use of immune-based therapies, including the widely used class of agents known as immune checkpoint inhibitors, has exposed a discrete group of immune-related adverse ...
Abdallah, K. +80 more
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Severe drug-induced liver injury associated with prolonged use of Linezolid [PDF]
This study aims to describe a patient developing concomitant severe liver failure and lactic acidosis after long-term treatment with linezolid. A 55-year-old Caucasian woman developed concomitant severe liver failure and lactic acidosis after a treatment
Benoit, Dominique +7 more
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THE DAMAGE OF THE OPTIC NERVE AS THE OUTCOME OF UNINTENTIONAL POISONING BY CLOSANTEL
Background: In recent decades, the problem of toxic damage of the visual system due to poisoning by various medicines has become particularly relevant.
Evgenia Sergeevna Kurakina +3 more
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