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Gold dust retinopathy after the ingestion of canthaxanthine to produce skin‐bronzing
Author(s) -
McGuinness Roger,
Beaumont Paul
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1985.tb119974.x
Subject(s) - ingestion , retinopathy , medicine , botany , ophthalmology , horticulture , biology , chemistry , diabetes mellitus , endocrinology
On routine examination a 50‐year‐old white male Australian was found to have small golden particles in the macular regions of both eyes. He was found to have a history of canthaxanthine ingestion to produce skin‐bronzing.