Open AccessLIPEMIA RETINALIS DURING CHEMOTHERAPY WITH ADJUNCTIVE GLUCOCORTICOID TREATMENT IN A PATIENT WITH COLON CARCINOMA
Author(s) -
Barbara Wetzel,
Georgios Mylonas,
T. Puntus,
Franz Prager,
Clemens Bernhart,
Michael Amon
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
retinal cases and brief reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428
H-Index - 14
eISSN - 1937-1578
pISSN - 1935-1089
DOI - 10.1097/icb.0000000000000814
Subject(s) - medicine , folfiri , dexamethasone , chemotherapy , colorectal cancer , hyperlipidemia , bevacizumab , triglyceride , gastroenterology , oncology , cancer , cholesterol , endocrinology , diabetes mellitus , irinotecan
The purpose of this report is to describe a case of lipemia retinalis due to decompensating hyperlipidemia that occurred during chemotherapy in a patient with metastatic colon carcinoma.