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After the six month use of the drug, the patient presented to our ophthalmology department with the complaint of halos and glare in both eyes
Conclusions: In patients using amiodarone, clearing of cornea verticillata may be achieved by topical use of unpreserved eye drops of a sterile, phosphate-free solution of 0
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Round epithelial deposits are seen in retroillumination
(c) Photograph of left healthy cornea Whorl (vortex) keratopathy or cornea verticillata: Agents causing whorl keratopathy include amiodarone, chloroquine, hydroxychloroquine, phenothiazines, tamoxifen, indomethacin, and many other pharmacologic agents
Patients receiving low dosages of 100 to 200 mg of amiodarone daily retain clear corneas or show sta
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The findings of confocal microscopy due to amiodarone-induced keratopathy are described
A 50-year-old woman was reported seeing halos around lights through both eyes for a few weeks
The most well-known condition caused by drug deposits is vortex keratopathy, or corneal verticillata, which is a whorl-like opacity in the corneal
Cornea verticillata, also called vortex keratopathy or whorl keratopathy, is a condition characterised by corneal deposits at the level of the basal epithelium forming a faint
Some may represent some local causes whereas some may
7 Comments This video shows a cornea with amiodarone verticillata deposits
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Thirty-eight patients received an average of 325 mg of amiodarone per day (range, 100 to 600 mg/day) for an average period of 16 months (range, nine to 30 months)
Patients receiving low dosages of 100 to 200 mg of amiodarone daily retain clear corneas or show stage 1 Amiodarone (Pacerone, Cordarone and Nexterone) A 72-year-old patient presented for consultation with worsening of blurry vision since bilateral cataract surgery
Amiodarone, a heart medication for arrhythmia, and chloroquine, used to prevent and treat malaria, are two of the most common medications
Amiodarone causes corneal whorl keratopathy, or corneal verticillata, visible at the level of the basal epithelium
Many drugs
The most well-known condition caused by drug deposits is vortex keratopathy, or corneal verticillata, which is a whorl-like opacity in the corneal epithelium
Purpose: To report a case of amiodarone-induced vortex keratopathy-associated anatomical findings and subjective visual perception before and after treatment with topical heparin eye drops
Cornea Verticillata is most commonly associated with amiodarone and Fabry disease
In such cases, the pathway taken by epithelial cells can manifest as a whorl pattern described using a variety of terms including hurricane keratitis/keratopathy, vortex keratopathy, whorl keratopathy, cornea verticillata, and at times, named after causative agents as exemplified by amiodarone keratopathy
12 Amiodarone is a potassium channel blocking antiarrythmal medication with a widely use in cardiac patients
Slit-lamp examination showed a whorl-like pattern of corneal The whorl pattern in hurricane keratopathy persists for as long as there is stimulus for increased cell turnover
Anterior segment exam revealed grade two whorl keratopathy OD and grade one OS
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2,9 Shearer and Dubois 10 reported an incidence of corneal verticillata in patients taking 800 mg/day to be 6% within 6 months, 32% by 12 months, and 100% by 48 months with corneal findings noted as early as 2–3 weeks after starting The in vivo confocal microscopy revealed microdots in the stroma in 5 of 8 patients and in the endothelial cells in 2 patients with amiodarone-induced keratopathy
2 days after the appearance of the