LILACS – Literatura Latinoamericana y del Caribe de Ciencias de la Salud

Bilateral ocular deposit of chlorpromazine

Flügel, Nayara Teixeira; Valle, Giulia Steuernagel Del; Wasilewski, Daniel.

Rev. bras. oftalmol; 81 (), 2022

ABSTRACT Chlorpromazine is a medication widely used in psychiatry for the treatment of psychoses, especially schizophrenia. Since 1964, published articles have been correlating this medication with the appearance of ocular alterations. In this paper, we report the case of a 65-year-old patient with ocula...

Trastorno Bipolar/tratamiento farmacológico, Clorpromazina/administración & dosificación, Clorpromazina/uso terapéutico, Clorpromazina/efectos adversos, Clorpromazina/toxicidad, Opacidad de la Córnea/inducido químicamente, Catarata/inducido químicamente, Enfermedades de la Córnea/inducido químicamente, Córnea/efectos de los fármacos, Antipsicóticos/efectos adversos, Antipsicóticos/uso terapéutico, Antipsicóticos/toxicidad, Enfermedades de la Córnea/diagnóstico, Opacidad de la Córnea/diagnóstico, Agudeza Visual, Lámpara de Hendidura, Microscopía con Lámpara de Hendidura, Trastornos de la Pigmentación/inducido químicamente

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Acquired anterior staphyloma after corneal ulcer associated with the use of crack

ABSTRACT We describe an unusual case of acquired anterior staphyloma in a patient addicted to crack cocaine. At the beginning of his crack cocaine abuse, he noticed redness and irritation of his eyes. Over the next 4 months, the patient also noticed the onset of decreasing visual acuity in his right eye ...