%0 Case Reports
%T Desferrioxamine-related ocular toxicity: a case report.
%A Simon S
%A Athanasiov PA
%A Jain R
%A Raymond G
%A Gilhotra JS
%J Indian J Ophthalmol
%V 60
%N 4
%D Jul 2012
%M 22824603
%F 2.969
%R 10.4103/0301-4738.98714
%X A 29-year-old lady receiving repeated blood transfusions for β thalassemia since childhood, presented with rapidly deteriorating symptoms of night blindness and peripheral visual field loss. She was recently commenced on high-dose intravenous desferrioxamine for reducing the systemic iron overload. Clinical and investigative findings were consistent with desferrioxamine-related pigmentary retinopathy and optic neuropathy. Recovery was partial following cessation of desferrioxamine. This report highlights the ocular side-effects of desferrioxamine mesylate and the need to be vigilant in patients on high doses of desferrioxamine.