Finasteride causa la cataratta? Caso clinico!

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Clinical case notes.

Chou SY, Kao SC, Hsu WM.

Department of Ophthalmology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital,
National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan.

A 43-year-old man presented suffering from decreasing vision in both
eyes for 3 months. The patient's visual acuity was 6/20 (non-corrected)
in the right eye and 6/10 (-1.75/-1.00 x 91) in the left. Ocular
examination of both eyes revealed anterior subcapsular opacities of both
lenses with the right eye being more severe than the left. He had been
taking finasteride (Propecia; Merck, Sharp and Dohme) at 1 mg/day for 3
years to treat early stage of androgenic alopecia. It was highly
suspected that finasteride was associated with the anterior subcapsular
opacity on the lens, and the patient therefore discontinued use of
finasteride. He underwent uneventful cataract extraction surgery and
intraocular lens implantation of the right eye. One month after cataract
surgery in the right eye, the best-corrected visual acuity was right 6/6
(-1.25) and left 6/10 (-2.00/-0.50 x 100). To the best of the authors'
knowledge, this is the first reported case of Propecia-associated
cataract.

PMID: 14746605 [PubMed - in process]
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sergio di rio

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29 Ottobre 2003
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Clin Experiment Ophthalmol. 2004 Jan;32(1):106-8. Related Articles, Links

Clinical case notes.

Chou SY, Kao SC, Hsu WM.

Department of Ophthalmology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital,
National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan.

A 43-year-old man presented suffering from decreasing vision in both
eyes for 3 months. The patient's visual acuity was 6/20 (non-corrected)
in the right eye and 6/10 (-1.75/-1.00 x 91) in the left. Ocular
examination of both eyes revealed anterior subcapsular opacities of both
lenses with the right eye being more severe than the left. He had been
taking finasteride (Propecia; Merck, Sharp and Dohme) at 1 mg/day for 3
years to treat early stage of androgenic alopecia. It was highly
suspected that finasteride was associated with the anterior subcapsular
opacity on the lens, and the patient therefore discontinued use of
finasteride. He underwent uneventful cataract extraction surgery and
intraocular lens implantation of the right eye. One month after cataract
surgery in the right eye, the best-corrected visual acuity was right 6/6
(-1.25) and left 6/10 (-2.00/-0.50 x 100). To the best of the authors'
knowledge, this is the first reported case of Propecia-associated
cataract.

PMID: 14746605 [PubMed - in process]
[tp][cp]
 

sergio di rio

Utente
29 Ottobre 2003
62
0
65
Clin Experiment Ophthalmol. 2004 Jan;32(1):106-8. Related Articles, Links

Clinical case notes.

Chou SY, Kao SC, Hsu WM.

Department of Ophthalmology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital,
National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan.

A 43-year-old man presented suffering from decreasing vision in both
eyes for 3 months. The patient's visual acuity was 6/20 (non-corrected)
in the right eye and 6/10 (-1.75/-1.00 x 91) in the left. Ocular
examination of both eyes revealed anterior subcapsular opacities of both
lenses with the right eye being more severe than the left. He had been
taking finasteride (Propecia; Merck, Sharp and Dohme) at 1 mg/day for 3
years to treat early stage of androgenic alopecia. It was highly
suspected that finasteride was associated with the anterior subcapsular
opacity on the lens, and the patient therefore discontinued use of
finasteride. He underwent uneventful cataract extraction surgery and
intraocular lens implantation of the right eye. One month after cataract
surgery in the right eye, the best-corrected visual acuity was right 6/6
(-1.25) and left 6/10 (-2.00/-0.50 x 100). To the best of the authors'
knowledge, this is the first reported case of Propecia-associated
cataract.

PMID: 14746605 [PubMed - in process]
[tp][cp]