Acute Macular Neuroretinopathy following Oral Intake of Adrenergic Flu Treatments

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to report a case series of patients with acute macular neureretinopathy in which patients concomitantly used ephedrine or pseudo-ephedrine. Methods: This is a retrospective case review. Results: Two patients with retinal findings consistent with acute macular n...

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Main Authors: Dinu Stanescu-Segall, Chong Yap, Ben J.L. Burton
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karger Publishers 2018-06-01
Series:Case Reports in Ophthalmology
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Online Access:https://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/487075
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spelling doaj-1d35b13effb544b69cbd0695b31c0c532020-11-24T23:16:29ZengKarger PublishersCase Reports in Ophthalmology1663-26992018-06-019232232610.1159/000487075487075Acute Macular Neuroretinopathy following Oral Intake of Adrenergic Flu TreatmentsDinu Stanescu-SegallChong YapBen J.L. BurtonPurpose: The purpose of this study was to report a case series of patients with acute macular neureretinopathy in which patients concomitantly used ephedrine or pseudo-ephedrine. Methods: This is a retrospective case review. Results: Two patients with retinal findings consistent with acute macular neuroretinopathy are presented. Conclusion: Acute macular neuroretinopathy should be considered in any young patient with unexplained loss of vision and exposed to direct or indirect adrenergic stimulation.https://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/487075Acute macular neuroretinopathyOral intake of adrenergic flu treatmentOptical coherence tomographyFlu treatment
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author Dinu Stanescu-Segall
Chong Yap
Ben J.L. Burton
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Chong Yap
Ben J.L. Burton
Acute Macular Neuroretinopathy following Oral Intake of Adrenergic Flu Treatments
Case Reports in Ophthalmology
Acute macular neuroretinopathy
Oral intake of adrenergic flu treatment
Optical coherence tomography
Flu treatment
author_facet Dinu Stanescu-Segall
Chong Yap
Ben J.L. Burton
author_sort Dinu Stanescu-Segall
title Acute Macular Neuroretinopathy following Oral Intake of Adrenergic Flu Treatments
title_short Acute Macular Neuroretinopathy following Oral Intake of Adrenergic Flu Treatments
title_full Acute Macular Neuroretinopathy following Oral Intake of Adrenergic Flu Treatments
title_fullStr Acute Macular Neuroretinopathy following Oral Intake of Adrenergic Flu Treatments
title_full_unstemmed Acute Macular Neuroretinopathy following Oral Intake of Adrenergic Flu Treatments
title_sort acute macular neuroretinopathy following oral intake of adrenergic flu treatments
publisher Karger Publishers
series Case Reports in Ophthalmology
issn 1663-2699
publishDate 2018-06-01
description Purpose: The purpose of this study was to report a case series of patients with acute macular neureretinopathy in which patients concomitantly used ephedrine or pseudo-ephedrine. Methods: This is a retrospective case review. Results: Two patients with retinal findings consistent with acute macular neuroretinopathy are presented. Conclusion: Acute macular neuroretinopathy should be considered in any young patient with unexplained loss of vision and exposed to direct or indirect adrenergic stimulation.
topic Acute macular neuroretinopathy
Oral intake of adrenergic flu treatment
Optical coherence tomography
Flu treatment
url https://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/487075
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