A 55 year old cardiac patient who was on long-term treatment comes for follow up visit. The physician observes the following finding on ophthalmological examination. Which drug prescribed by the physician would most probably be responsible for this?
High-Yield Explanation
The image shows "voex keratopathy". Here, there is a whorl-like pattern of epithelial deposits in the cornea. Causes:Drugs-Amiodarone, Chloroquine, Phenothiazines, Indomethacin Fabry's disease and its carrier stateThe whorl-like pattern shows the direction of migration of corneal epithelial cells.