Green-laser induced maculopathy in a 15-year-old boy

William Yan; Rahul Chakrabarti; Matthew Little; Susan M Carden

doi:10.1016/j.jaapos.2015.11.016

Green-laser induced maculopathy in a 15-year-old boy

J AAPOS. 2016 Jun;20(3):258-60. doi: 10.1016/j.jaapos.2015.11.016. Epub 2016 Apr 7.

Authors

William Yan¹, Rahul Chakrabarti², Matthew Little², Susan M Carden³

Affiliations

¹ Centre for Eye Research Australia, The University of Melbourne, Department of Ophthalmology, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Electronic address: William.wl.yan@gmail.com.
² The Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
³ The Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia; Department of Ophthalmology, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.

PMID: 27060667
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaapos.2015.11.016

Abstract

We report the case a 15-year-old boy who presented with retinopathy caused by a green-diode (class IIIB) laser. The patient was followed over a period of 8 weeks. Visual acuity on day 1 was 6/7.5, with central scotoma in the right eye, and 6/5 in the left eye. Macular optical coherence tomography of the right eye day 1 showed focal subfoveal disruption of the photoreceptor ellipsoid and myoid zones extending through the external limiting membrane to the outer nuclear layer. At week 8, visual acuity was 6/6 right eye and 6/5 in the left eye. Disruption of the ellipsoid and myoid layers, though still present, had improved.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Eye Injuries / diagnosis
Eye Injuries / etiology*
Eye Injuries / physiopathology
Fluorescein Angiography
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Lasers, Semiconductor / adverse effects*
Male
Retina / injuries*
Retinal Diseases / diagnosis
Retinal Diseases / etiology*
Retinal Diseases / physiopathology
Scotoma / diagnosis
Scotoma / etiology*
Scotoma / physiopathology
Tomography, Optical Coherence
Visual Acuity / physiology