Young Hee Yoon, MD, PhD » Tamoxifen Retinopathy

Aug 30 2012 by Young Hee Yoon, MD, PhD

OCT image of an 58-year-old woman with a bilateral tamoxifen maculopathy. She had taken tamoxifen for 24 months due to breast cancer. In spite of discontinuation 2 years ago, her macula remained unchanged. Her best-corrected visual acuity was 20/50 in the right and 20/100 in the left.

Photographer: Soon Tae Kim, Asan Medical Center

Imaging device: Heidelberg Spectralis

Condition/keywords: drug toxicity

Aug 30 2012 by Young Hee Yoon, MD, PhD

Fundus autofluorescence (FAF) of an 58-year-old woman with a bilateral tamoxifen maculopathy. She had taken tamoxifen for 24 months due to breast cancer. In spite of discontinuation 2 years ago, her macula remained unchanged. Her best-corrected visual acuity was 20/50 in the right and 20/100 in the left.

Photographer: Kyoung Woon Kim, Asan Medical Center

Imaging device: Heidelberg

Condition/keywords: drug toxicity, toxic maculopathy

Aug 30 2012 by Young Hee Yoon, MD, PhD

Fundus photograph of an 58-year-old woman with a bilateral tamoxifen maculopathy. She had taken tamoxifen for 24 months due to breast cancer. In spite of discontinuation 2 years ago, her macula remained unchanged. Her best-corrected visual acuity was 20/50 in the right and 20/100 in the left.

Photographer: Sung Hyun Kim, Asan Medical Center

Imaging device: Topcon

Condition/keywords: drug toxicity, toxic maculopathy

Aug 30 2012 by Young Hee Yoon, MD, PhD

OCT image of an 58-year-old woman with a bilateral tamoxifen maculopathy. She had taken tamoxifen for 24 months due to breast cancer. In spite of discontinuation 2 years ago, her macula remained unchanged. Her best-corrected visual acuity was 20/50 in the right and 20/100 in the left.

Photographer: Soon Tae Kim, Asan Medical Center

Imaging device: Zeiss cirrus HD-OCT 4000

Condition/keywords: drug toxicity, toxic maculopathy

Aug 30 2012 by Young Hee Yoon, MD, PhD

Fundus autofluorescence (FAF) of an 58-year-old woman with a bilateral tamoxifen maculopathy. She had taken tamoxifen for 24 months due to breast cancer. In spite of discontinuation 2 years ago, her macula remained unchanged. Her best-corrected visual acuity was 20/50 in the right and 20/100 in the left.

Photographer: Soo Hyun Cho, Asan Medical Center

Imaging device: Heidelberg HRA II

Condition/keywords: drug toxicity, toxic maculopathy

Aug 30 2012 by Young Hee Yoon, MD, PhD

Fundus photograph of an 58-year-old woman with a bilateral tamoxifen maculopathy. She had taken tamoxifen for 24 months due to breast cancer. In spite of discontinuation 2 years ago, her macula remained unchanged. Her best-corrected visual acuity was 20/50 in the right and 20/100 in the left.

Photographer: Ji Hee Kim, Asan Medical Center

Imaging device: Canon CR-DGI

Condition/keywords: drug toxicity, toxic maculopathy