Acute Macular Neuroretinopathy following Oral Intake of Adrenergic Flu Treatments

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to report a case series of patients with acute macular neureretinopathy in which patients concomitantly used ephedrine or pseudo-ephedrine. METHODS: This is a retrospective case review. RESULTS: Two patients with retinal findings consistent with acute macular n...

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Autores principales: Stanescu-Segall, Dinu, Yap, Chong, Burton, Ben J.L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: S. Karger AG 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6047558/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30022947
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000487075
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author Stanescu-Segall, Dinu
Yap, Chong
Burton, Ben J.L.
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description PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to report a case series of patients with acute macular neureretinopathy in which patients concomitantly used ephedrine or pseudo-ephedrine. METHODS: This is a retrospective case review. RESULTS: Two patients with retinal findings consistent with acute macular neuroretinopathy are presented. CONCLUSION: Acute macular neuroretinopathy should be considered in any young patient with unexplained loss of vision and exposed to direct or indirect adrenergic stimulation.
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spelling pubmed-60475582018-07-18 Acute Macular Neuroretinopathy following Oral Intake of Adrenergic Flu Treatments Stanescu-Segall, Dinu Yap, Chong Burton, Ben J.L. Case Rep Ophthalmol Case Report PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to report a case series of patients with acute macular neureretinopathy in which patients concomitantly used ephedrine or pseudo-ephedrine. METHODS: This is a retrospective case review. RESULTS: Two patients with retinal findings consistent with acute macular neuroretinopathy are presented. CONCLUSION: Acute macular neuroretinopathy should be considered in any young patient with unexplained loss of vision and exposed to direct or indirect adrenergic stimulation. S. Karger AG 2018-06-15 /pmc/articles/PMC6047558/ /pubmed/30022947 http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000487075 Text en Copyright © 2018 by S. Karger AG, Basel http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This article is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-4.0 International License (CC BY-NC) (http://www.karger.com/Services/OpenAccessLicense). Usage and distribution for commercial purposes requires written permission.
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Acute Macular Neuroretinopathy following Oral Intake of Adrenergic Flu Treatments
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title_full Acute Macular Neuroretinopathy following Oral Intake of Adrenergic Flu Treatments
title_fullStr Acute Macular Neuroretinopathy following Oral Intake of Adrenergic Flu Treatments
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title_short Acute Macular Neuroretinopathy following Oral Intake of Adrenergic Flu Treatments
title_sort acute macular neuroretinopathy following oral intake of adrenergic flu treatments
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6047558/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30022947
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000487075
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