Welding arc maculopathy and fluphenazine.
A 45-year-old male patient presented with a bilateral maculopathy following unprotected exposure of less than two minutes' duration to a manual metal arc welding unit. He had been receiving the drug fluphenazine for the previous 10 years for treatment of depression. We believe that the drug fluphenazine, which had accumulated in his retinal pigment epithelium, may have rendered him particularly susceptible to retinal photic damage.
Power
W J
WJ
Research Foundation, Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
Travers
S P
SP
Mooney
D J
DJ
D005476:Fluphenazine / Q000009:adverse effects; D005654:Fundus Oculi; D006801:Humans; D008266:Macula Lutea / Q000528:radiation effects*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D011836:Radiation Tolerance / Q000187:drug effects; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D014896:Welding
D005476:Fluphenazine