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  • Title: [Canthaxanthin retinopathy and macular pucker].
    Author: Bopp S, el-Hifnawi EL, Laqua H.
    Journal: J Fr Ophtalmol; 1989; 12(12):891-6. PubMed ID: 2517961.
    Abstract:
    Canthaxanthine retinopathy is a crystalline retinopathy following oral ingestion of canthaxanthine-containing drugs. We describe the clinical course of a patient with canthaxanthine retinopathy and a preexisting idiopathic macular pucker. The ultrastructural findings of the macular pucker removed by vitreoretinal surgery are demonstrated. Granular material and lipid-like droplets, not usual for a macular pucker, are the major findings in this membrane. There is evidence that the granular material consists of canthaxanthine deposits, phagozytized by the cells of the epiretinal membrane.
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