A 55 year old cardiac patient who wason long term treatment comes for follow up visit.The physician observes the following finding on opthalmologicalexamination.Which drug prescribed by the physician would most probably be responsible for this?
The image shows “vortex keratopathy”.Here,there is a whorl-like pattern of epithelial deposits in the cornea. - Causes (Ref:Parsons’ 21 s ted)
a) Drugs-
Amiodarone,Chloroquine,Phenothiazines,Indomethacin
b) Fabry’s disease and its carrier state
- The whorl like pattern shows the direction of migration of corneal epithelial cells.
Digoxin
Verapamil
Amiodarone
Propranolol