Garcia CY, Pérez GH, Campo DMC

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ABSTRACT

Introduction: cataract can occur as a complication of radiation therapy orsecondary to prolonged use of steroids in patients suffering from Leukemia.
Case report: the case of a 24-year-old male patient with a history of acutemyeloid leukemia was treated with poly- chemotherapy and 6 monthslater with radiation and autologous transplantation. He attended ophthalmology office 17 years later because of slow and progressive decrease of vision in both eyes. After a meticulous ophthalmologic examination, the presumptive diagnosis of bilateral posterior subcapsular cataract secondary to ionizing radiation is made.
Conclusions: the lens is very sensitive to ionizing radiation; however, it cantake many years from exposure before the cataract is clinically manifested. If no other ophthalmologic alterations are associate edwith the treatment or a complication of an underlying disease, the evolution is satisfactory.

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