Transient visual loss after amyl Isobutyl nitrite abuse

Pece, Alfredo; Patelli, Fabio; Milani, Paolo; Pierro, Luisa

doi:10.1080/08820530490882292

Cited by 32 publications

(23 citation statements)

References 5 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Unclassified

Order By: Relevance

“…To our knowledge, during the past 10 years there have been only 2 case reports of vision loss following inhalation of poppers. 4,5 A similar case of vision loss has been reported by Pece et al,4 in which a patient experienced acute, bilateral vision loss hours after inhaling isobutyl nitrite. Their patient had bilateral foveal spots but normal findings on time-domain OCTs and experienced a spontaneously favorable clinical course over several weeks.…”

Section: Commentsupporting

confidence: 59%

Foveal Damage in Habitual Poppers Users

2011

Arch Ophthalmol

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

Section: Commentsupporting

confidence: 59%

Foveal Damage in Habitual Poppers Users

2011

Arch Ophthalmol

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…They have been available for several decades, with a side effect profile including hypotension, headache, and tachycardia. Curiously, the first case of popper-related maculopathy was only reported in 2004 [2]-since then, this disease has become increasingly diagnosed over the last decade [3]. In fact, recent data has shown that the lifetime usage of poppers is higher than expected with 5-6% of French teenagers 6 and 60% of homosexual males in Australia admitting to having previously used alkyl nitrites [4].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Acquired Bilateral Central Vision Loss in a Young Adult Due to “Poppers Maculopathy”

Law¹,

Ching²,

Docherty³

et al. 2019

JJOAR

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Purpose:To report a post-refractive surgery patient with central vision loss not correctable by refraction, subsequently found to have alkyl nitrite ("poppers") maculopathy. Case report:A 35-year old male with a history of bilateral refractive surgery presented with sudden onset of bilateral central vision loss. His symptoms were unable to be corrected with refraction. On initial history, he denied the use of any medications or recreational drugs. He was referred for spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT), which showed disruption of the foveal photoreceptor outer segments in both eyes. Upon further questioning, he admitted to the use of alkyl nitritescolloquially known as "poppers" -12 hours prior to the onset of visual symptoms. The patient was counselled on the guarded prognosis of this condition and was agreeable to ongoing follow-up with interval SD-OCT to monitor for potential resolution of the outer retinal changes. Conclusion:A case of "poppers maculopathy" on a recent background of refractive surgery is presented, highlighting the importance of taking a detailed clinical and social history in patients with unexplained vision loss that cannot be improved with refraction.

show abstract

“…In France, up to 14% of young people under age 18 and 10% of the UK general population reported having already tried poppers [1]. A few cases of retinal toxicity have been reported [1][2][3][4][5][6].…”

mentioning

confidence: 99%