LASER TOY RETINAL BURN AND MACULAR DYSTROPHY SIMILARITIES
Abstract:
Laser pointer damage in children can occasionally be misdiagnosed as a macular dystrophy
disease. Our objective is to present the macular phenotypes associated with laser buns. We present the
case of a 14-year-old boy with bilateral blurred vision, without known personal or family history,
after deliberately staring into a laser beam. The fundus examination describes a hypopigmented
round-shaped foveal lesion. The optical coherence topography showed a retinal pigment epithelial
change in the both eyes. Loss of retinal function due to laser pointer injury has increased over the
years, thus making the recognition of characteristic paramount.
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