HIGH-POWERED BLUE-LIGHT LASER-INDUCED MACULOPATHY IN AN ADOLESCENT: MULTI-MODAL IMAGING, EVOLUTION, AND MANAGEMENT
Autor: | Andrew M. Williams, Joseph N. Martel, Benjamin Botsford |
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Rok vydání: | 2020 |
Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Visual acuity genetic structures medicine.medical_treatment Poison control Vitrectomy 01 natural sciences 03 medical and health sciences chemistry.chemical_compound 0302 clinical medicine Optical coherence tomography Ophthalmology Medicine 0101 mathematics Macular hole medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry 010102 general mathematics Retinal General Medicine medicine.disease eye diseases Macular Lesion chemistry 030221 ophthalmology & optometry Maculopathy medicine.symptom business |
Zdroj: | RETINAL Cases & Brief Reports. 16:314-317 |
ISSN: | 1935-1089 |
Popis: | Purpose To characterize evolution of macular injury from a high-powered blue handheld laser using multimodal imaging and describe successful surgical treatment. Methods Observational clinical case report. Results A 17-year-old boy presented with unilateral acute loss of vision with discrete white macular lesions, full-thickness disruption of retinal layers, and hyperreflective material at the fovea on optical coherence tomography caused by exposure to a 445 nm blue-light handheld laser with power up to 2,000 mW characterized as a Class IV laser. The injury evolved into an approximately 950-μm full-thickness macular hole 3 weeks later with visual acuity of 20/400. Vitrectomy and internal limiting membrane peel resulted in anatomic success and final vision at 4 months of 20/25. Conclusion High-powered lasers can induce significant disruption of retinal layers, inflammatory debris, and full-thickness macular holes with momentary exposure that, despite poor anatomic prognostic factors, can have successful surgical outcomes. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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