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Skin Extravasation After Fluorescein Angiography in an Adult Man With Waldenström Macroglobulinemia

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A 49-year-old man recently diagnosed with Waldenström macroglobulinemia after bone marrow biopsy and aspirate was referred to the ophthalmology clinic. On examination, visual acuity was 20/20 OU. The patient’s anterior-segment examination results were normal. Dilated-fundus examination showed bilateral, rounded, peripheral retinal hemorrhages, compatible with hyperviscosity-associated retinopathy (Figure, A). The patient then completed a fluorescein angiography, which demonstrated multiple, peripheral, hyperfluorescent foci alongside splinter-shaped hypofluorescent foci adjacent to the inferior temporal arcade (Figure, A inset). Fifteen minutes later, skin staining was noted on the patient's right arm, which had been injected with the fluorescein dye (Figure, B). The patient felt well, vital signs were normal, and no further adverse effects were noted. He was monitored in the clinic for several hours and later admitted to the hemato-oncology department for further treatment owing to his primary disease. On follow-up examination, after 72 hours, the discoloration had fully resolved (Figure, B inset). This rare phenomenon of skin discoloration after the injection of fluorescein dye is thought to be the result of increased vessel permeability secondary to the patient’s lymphoproliferative disorder.

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Article Information

Corresponding Author: Asaf Shemer, MD, Department of Ophthalmology, Shamir Medical Center (formerly Assaf-Harofeh), Be’er Ya’akov, Tzrifin 70300, Israel (shemerasafmd@gmail.com).

Conflict of Interest Disclosures: None reported.

Additional Contributions: We thank the patient for granting permission to publish this information.

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Credit Designation Statement: The American Medical Association designates this Journal-based CME activity activity for a maximum of 1.00  AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to:

  • 1.00 Medical Knowledge MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program;;
  • 1.00 Self-Assessment points in the American Board of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery’s (ABOHNS) Continuing Certification program;
  • 1.00 MOC points in the American Board of Pediatrics’ (ABP) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program;
  • 1.00 Lifelong Learning points in the American Board of Pathology’s (ABPath) Continuing Certification program; and
  • 1.00 credit toward the CME [and Self-Assessment requirements] of the American Board of Surgery’s Continuous Certification program

It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting MOC credit.

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