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Interferon Retinopathy, Bilateral

Interferon Retinopathy, Bilateral
Multiple cotton-wool spots as sign of microvascular occclusion (possibly caused by increased plasma viscosity, deposition of immune complexes, or injury to endothelium). The other eye has similar changes. Patient was on adjuvant therapy with Interferon for high risk malignant melanoma.
McCuen, Brooks, M.D., Duke University Eye Center, Durham, NC, USA
T37.5,H35.2
Retina -> Toxic Retinopathies; see also Light Toxicitiy
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