Bilateral Severe Corneal Ulcer in a Patient with Lung Adenocarcinoma Treated with Gefitinib

Bilateral Severe Corneal Ulcer in a Patient with Lung Adenocarcinoma Treated with Gefitinib

We describe the case of Gefitinib-related bilateral corneal perforation. An 86-year-old female patient had bilateral painless and progressive vision loss due to neurotrophic corneal ulcer, following a 2-month treatment with Gefitinib, a selective epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) tyrosine kina...

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Main Authors: Fabrizio Gozzi, Marcello Tiseo, Francesco Facchinetti, Stefano Gandolfi, Pierangela Rubino
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karger Publishers 2021-04-01
Series:Case Reports in Ophthalmology
Subjects:
gefitinib
neurotrophic corneal ulcer
non-small cell lung cancer
Online Access:https://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/514696

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