Lignocaine Retinal Toxicity

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    • By Mallika Goyal, MD
      Apollo Health City
      Co-author(s): Sridhar A, MD, Apollo Health City, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad
    • Uploaded on Aug 18, 2015.
    • Last modified by Caroline Bozell on Aug 19, 2015.
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    Lignocaine retinal toxicity
    Condition/keywords
    lignocaine retinal toxicity
    Photographer
    Mallika Goyal, MD, Apollo Health City, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad
    Imaging device
    Fundus camera
    Description
    Right eye fluorescein angiogram of a 70-year-old male 3 weeks after inadvertent globe penetration with peribulbar anaesthesia needle and intraocular injection of lignocaine. There is an occluded retinal arteriole indicating macular ischaemia underlying the clinically obvious epimacular membrane.

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