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Case Reports
. 2016 Nov;39(9):786-790.
doi: 10.1016/j.jfo.2016.03.014. Epub 2016 Oct 19.

[Unilateral maculopathy in a young male patient: A photic laser injury]

[Article in French]
R Joubert  1 , F Farguette  2 , O Chevreaud  3 , F Chiambaretta  4 , E H Souied  3
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[Unilateral maculopathy in a young male patient: A photic laser injury]

[Article in French]
R Joubert et al. J Fr Ophtalmol. 2016 Nov.

Abstract

We report the case of a twenty-year-old man with a unilateral maculopathy responsible for an acute visual acuity loss and a sudden absolute central scotoma. His schizoid personality made the medical history fruitless. The patient's best corrected visual acuity was 20/60. Clinical examination revealed a strictly unilateral maculopathy with pigment remodeling and hyper-autofluorescent areas. Through this case report, we describe the characteristics of the lesion and the pathway to the diagnosis: a laser pointer-induced photic injury.

Keywords: Laser; Maculopathie; Maculopathy; Photic injury; Phototraumatisme.

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