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Case Reports
. 2022 Jan 1;16(1):89-91.
doi: 10.1097/ICB.0000000000000911.

AN ATYPICAL CASE OF SOLAR MACULOPATHY

Steven M Bloom  1 , Inder P Singal
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Case Reports

AN ATYPICAL CASE OF SOLAR MACULOPATHY

Steven M Bloom et al. Retin Cases Brief Rep. .

Abstract

Purpose: To present a case of atypical solar maculopathy.

Methods: Case report.

Results: A 7-year-old boy who viewed an eclipse 17 months earlier had macular findings blending features of solar and laser pointer maculopathies. The right macula clinically had a central 1,000-μm, slightly irregular round area of pigmentary changes and a tiny outer macular optical coherence tomography defect. In addition, the superior fovea had a hyperreflective mound-like retinal pigment epithelial detachment extending into the outer retina. The left macula contained several, more typical solar maculopathy lesions.

Conclusion: We describe a unique case of solar maculopathy displaying typical optical coherence tomography findings in both eyes along with a unilateral laser pointer-like hyperreflective retinal pigment epithelial detachment.

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