Cystoid macular edema and macular pigmentation associated with nab-Paclitaxel therapy

Retin Cases Brief Rep. 2015 Summer;9(3):220-2. doi: 10.1097/ICB.0000000000000143.

Abstract

Purpose: To report the first known case of retinal pigment epithelium hyperpigmentation changes and cystoid macular edema in a patient on nab-paclitaxel therapy.

Methods: Observational case report.

Results: A 72-year-old man on nab-paclitaxel therapy for non-small cell lung carcinoma developed cystoid macular edema with minimal capillary leakage with subsequent retinal pigment epithelium hyperpigmentation after resolution of cystoid macular edema.

Conclusion: Nab-paclitaxel therapy may be associated with the development of retinal pigment epithelium hyperpigmentation in the setting of resolved minimal capillary leakage cystoid macular edema.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Albumins / adverse effects*
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / adverse effects*
  • Humans
  • Hyperpigmentation / chemically induced*
  • Macular Edema / chemically induced
  • Macular Pigment
  • Male
  • Paclitaxel / adverse effects*
  • Retinal Diseases / chemically induced*

Substances

  • 130-nm albumin-bound paclitaxel
  • Albumins
  • Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic
  • Macular Pigment
  • Paclitaxel