Iodine-Induced Retinopathy: A Case Report

Potassium iodide is used as an iodine supplement in salt as part of a national program in Turkey. An overdose of iodine has a toxic effect on the retinal pigment epithelium and photoreceptors. The case presented here is a patient who developed retinopathy following consumption of an excessive dose o...

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Main Authors: Sabiha Güngör Kobat, Fatih Cem Gül, Burak Turgut
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Galenos Yayinevi 2020-08-01
Series:Türk Oftalmoloji Dergisi
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Online Access: http://www.oftalmoloji.org/archives/archive-detail/article-preview/odine-nduced-retinopathy-a-case-report/40094
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spelling doaj-25c6a0d00cab47d48f6e7014eeb11d322020-11-25T01:20:42ZengGalenos YayineviTürk Oftalmoloji Dergisi1300-06592147-26612020-08-0150425525710.4274/tjo.galenos.2020.0268613049054Iodine-Induced Retinopathy: A Case ReportSabiha Güngör Kobat0Fatih Cem Gül1Burak Turgut2 Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Göz Hastalıkları Anabilim Dalı, Elazığ, Türkiye Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Göz Hastalıkları Anabilim Dalı, Elazığ, Türkiye Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Göz Hastalıkları Anabilim Dalı, Çanakkale, Türkiye Potassium iodide is used as an iodine supplement in salt as part of a national program in Turkey. An overdose of iodine has a toxic effect on the retinal pigment epithelium and photoreceptors. The case presented here is a patient who developed retinopathy following consumption of an excessive dose of iodine. http://www.oftalmoloji.org/archives/archive-detail/article-preview/odine-nduced-retinopathy-a-case-report/40094 iodinetoxicretinopathy
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author Sabiha Güngör Kobat
Fatih Cem Gül
Burak Turgut
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Fatih Cem Gül
Burak Turgut
Iodine-Induced Retinopathy: A Case Report
Türk Oftalmoloji Dergisi
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toxic
retinopathy
author_facet Sabiha Güngör Kobat
Fatih Cem Gül
Burak Turgut
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title Iodine-Induced Retinopathy: A Case Report
title_short Iodine-Induced Retinopathy: A Case Report
title_full Iodine-Induced Retinopathy: A Case Report
title_fullStr Iodine-Induced Retinopathy: A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed Iodine-Induced Retinopathy: A Case Report
title_sort iodine-induced retinopathy: a case report
publisher Galenos Yayinevi
series Türk Oftalmoloji Dergisi
issn 1300-0659
2147-2661
publishDate 2020-08-01
description Potassium iodide is used as an iodine supplement in salt as part of a national program in Turkey. An overdose of iodine has a toxic effect on the retinal pigment epithelium and photoreceptors. The case presented here is a patient who developed retinopathy following consumption of an excessive dose of iodine.
topic iodine
toxic
retinopathy
url http://www.oftalmoloji.org/archives/archive-detail/article-preview/odine-nduced-retinopathy-a-case-report/40094
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