51. Adaptive Optics Imaging in Laser Pointer Maculopathy
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Amani A. Fawzi, Peter L. Nesper, Lee M. Jampol, and Alan T. Sheyman
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0301 basic medicine ,Optics and Photonics ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Visual acuity ,Adolescent ,genetic structures ,Fundus Oculi ,Visual Acuity ,Multimodal Imaging ,Retina ,law.invention ,Ophthalmoscopy ,03 medical and health sciences ,Eye Injuries ,0302 clinical medicine ,Retinal Diseases ,Optical coherence tomography ,law ,Ophthalmology ,medicine ,Humans ,Fluorescein Angiography ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,business.industry ,Lasers ,Laser ,Fluorescein angiography ,medicine.disease ,eye diseases ,Scanning laser ophthalmoscopy ,030104 developmental biology ,030221 ophthalmology & optometry ,Laser pointer ,Maculopathy ,Female ,medicine.symptom ,business ,Tomography, Optical Coherence - Abstract
The authors report multimodal imaging including adaptive optics scanning laser ophthalmoscopy (AOSLO) (Apaeros retinal image system AOSLO prototype; Boston Micromachines Corporation, Boston, MA) in a case of previously diagnosed unilateral acute idiopathic maculopathy (UAIM) that demonstrated features of laser pointer maculopathy. The authors also show the adaptive optics images of a laser pointer maculopathy case previously reported. A 15-year-old girl was referred for the evaluation of a maculopathy suspected to be UAIM. The authors reviewed the patient's history and obtained fluorescein angiography, autofluorescence, optical coherence tomography, infrared reflectance, and AOSLO. The time course of disease and clinical examination did not fit with UAIM, but the linear pattern of lesions was suspicious for self-inflicted laser pointer injury. This was confirmed on subsequent questioning of the patient. The presence of linear lesions in the macula that are best highlighted with multimodal imaging techniques should alert the physician to the possibility of laser pointer injury. AOSLO further characterizes photoreceptor damage in this condition. [ Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging Retina . 2016;47:782–785.]
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- 2016
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