Bilateral methamphetamine-induced ischemic retinopathy.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To describe the multimodal imaging and treatment of a 37-year-old male presenting with bilateral ischemic retinopathy induced by methamphetamine abuse.

Observations

A 37-year-old male presented with progressively deteriorating vision and was found to have branch retinal artery occlusion and central retinal vein occlusion in both eyes along with secondary vitreous hemorrhage in the left eye following seven years of intermittent intranasal methamphetamine abuse. Fundus fluorescein angiography and optical coherence tomography angiography revealed large areas of non-perfusion in the peripheral retina along with peripapillary neovascularization. Systemic evaluation revealed ischemic foci scattered in the deep brain on magnetic resonance angiography scanning. Based on the

SUBMITTER: Guo J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6551529 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature