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Case Reports
. 2014 May;28(5):629-32.
doi: 10.1038/eye.2014.31. Epub 2014 Feb 28.

Spectral domain optical coherence tomography features in niacin maculopathy

R J Courtney  1 , R P Singh  1
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Case Reports

Spectral domain optical coherence tomography features in niacin maculopathy

R J Courtney et al. Eye (Lond). 2014 May.
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Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Fluorescein angiography of the right (top) and left (bottom) eye showing no petalloid leakage.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Spectral domain OCT demonstrating cystoid spaces in the outer and inner nuclear layers and possibly the ganglion cell layer in the right eye and in the inner nuclear layer in the left eye.
Figure 3
Figure 3
Fundus autofluorescence of right and left eyes was normal.
Figure 4
Figure 4
One month following cessation of niacin the OCT returned to normal.
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