Indian Journal of Ophthalmology

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Year
: 2020  |  Volume : 68  |  Issue : 8  |  Page : 1648--1649

Adverse drug reaction after intravitreal injection of topotecan


Subina Narang1, Meenakshi Sindhu1, Suman Kochhar2, Awadesh K Pandey3, Priya Goyal1,  
1 Department of Ophthalmology, Government Medical College Hospital, Chandigarh, India
2 Department of Radiodiagnosis, Government Medical College Hospital, Chandigarh, India
3 Department of Radiotherapy, Government Medical College Hospital, Chandigarh, India

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Dr. Subina Narang
Department of Ophthalmology, Government Medical College Hospital, Chandigarh
India

Abstract




How to cite this article:
Narang S, Sindhu M, Kochhar S, Pandey AK, Goyal P. Adverse drug reaction after intravitreal injection of topotecan.Indian J Ophthalmol 2020;68:1648-1649


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Narang S, Sindhu M, Kochhar S, Pandey AK, Goyal P. Adverse drug reaction after intravitreal injection of topotecan. Indian J Ophthalmol [serial online] 2020 [cited 2024 Mar 28 ];68:1648-1649
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The World Health Organization (WHO) definition of adverse drug reaction (ADR) is “a response to a drug, which is noxious and unintended and which occurs at doses normally used in man for prophylaxis, diagnosis, or therapy of disease or the modification of physiologic function.”[1],[2] To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case report of ADR after intravitreal topotecan.

A 3-year-old female with unilateral Group D retinoblastoma as per international classification,[3] was injected periocular topotecan (1 mg in 0.1 ml) owing to persistent vitreous seedings after high dose chemotherapy. At 3-weeks follow-up, there was a marked decrease in vitreous seedings and topotecan was repeated intravitreally in the dose of 20 μgm in 0.1 ml. The patient developed fever and lid swelling within 24 hours of the injection, which worsened over the next three days. She also developed target lesions on skin consistent with erythema multiforme and exudation on both eyelids, oral ulcerations, and hemorrhagic crust formation on lips [Figure 1]. The cornea revealed total epithelial defect with a stromal haze [Figure 2]. The systemic work-up was unremarkable.{Figure 1}{Figure 2}

The skin rash responded to oral wysolone (10 mg/kg) and topical steroids, antibiotics, and antihistaminics for 1 week. The cornea re-epithelized at 2 weeks. Her fundoscopy at 4 weeks showed the resolution of vitreous seeds.

 Discussion



ADRs can be pharmacological or idiosyncratic. In idiosyncratic rash, there is deposition of immune complexes (mostly IgM-bound complexes) in the superficial microvasculature of the skin and oral mucous membrane after the drug exposure.[4] In the present case, the hypersensitivity reaction was seen after the second injection of the drug while the first injection was well tolerated and possibly led to the formation of antibodies to the drug, which manifested within a day of the second injection.

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