Static perimetry in canthaxanthin maculopathy
| Autor: | Alain P. Rousseau, Paul Cortin, Mario Malenfant, Carmen Harnois, Ghislain Boudreault, Jacques Samson |
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| Rok vydání: | 1988 |
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Adult
Male medicine.medical_specialty Visual acuity Canthaxanthin Eye disease Retina chemistry.chemical_compound Retinal Diseases Sensory threshold Ophthalmology medicine Ingestion Humans Macula Lutea Vision Ocular business.industry Retinal Middle Aged medicine.disease Carotenoids chemistry Sensory Thresholds Optometry Maculopathy Visual Field Tests Female medicine.symptom business Retinopathy |
| Zdroj: | Archives of ophthalmology (Chicago, Ill. : 1960). 106(1) |
| ISSN: | 0003-9950 |
| Popis: | • We performed threshold static perimetry on 19 patients who had ingested canthaxanthin; 11 had maculopathy and eight did not. Patients with no history of canthaxanthin ingestion served as controls. All patients had visual acuity of 6/9 or better. Threshold static perimetry was reevaluated two to three years after cessation of canthaxanthin ingestion. For both testing sessions, patients with maculopathy presented lower retinal sensitivity than controls, while patients without maculopathy did not differ significantly from the control group. These results suggest that canthaxanthin retinopathy can adversely affect the neurosensory retina. |
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