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Cyanate-induced cataracts in patients with sickle-cell hemoglobinopathies.

Authors :
Nicholson DH
Harkness DR
Benson WE
Peterson CM
Source :
Archives of ophthalmology (Chicago, Ill. : 1960) [Arch Ophthalmol] 1976 Jun; Vol. 94 (6), pp. 927-30.
Publication Year :
1976

Abstract

Two young patients developed bilateral posterior subcapsular cataracts while receiving oral sodium cyanate for treatment of sickle cell hemoglobinopathy. In one of the patients, lens opacities regressed spontaneously after cyanate therapy was discontinued.

Subjects

Subjects :
Administration, Oral
Adult
Anemia, Sickle Cell complications
Anemia, Sickle Cell pathology
Cataract pathology
Cyanates therapeutic use
Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
Humans
Lens, Crystalline pathology
Male
Ophthalmoscopy
Remission, Spontaneous
Thalassemia drug therapy
Visual Acuity drug effects
Anemia, Sickle Cell drug therapy
Cataract chemically induced
Cyanates adverse effects

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
0003-9950
Volume :
94
Issue :
6
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
Archives of ophthalmology (Chicago, Ill. : 1960)
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
938283
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1001/archopht.1976.03910030465005
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