Open AccessHip-implant related chorio-retinal cobalt toxicity
Author(s) -
Soo Khai Ng,
Andreas Ebneter,
Jagjit S Gilhotra
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
indian journal of ophthalmology/indian journal of ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.542
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1998-3689
pISSN - 0301-4738
DOI - 10.4103/0301-4738.105053
Subject(s) - medicine , retinal pigment epithelium , indocyanine green , macular degeneration , blurred vision , ophthalmology , retinal , implant , fluorescein angiography , retina , surgery , optics , physics
A 39-year-old female with elevated serum cobalt levels from her bilateral hip prostheses presented with a 3-week history of blurred vision in her left eye. Optical coherence tomography revealed patchy degeneration of the photoreceptor-retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) complex. The lesions were hypofluorescent on indocyanine green angiography. We postulate that this is a case of implant-related chorio-retinal cobalt toxicity.