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A Laser-induced Mouse Model of Chronic Ocular Hypertension to Characterize Visual Defects
Published on: August 14, 2013
[Unilateral maculopathy in a young male patient: A photic laser injury]
R Joubert1, F Farguette2, O Chevreaud3
1Service d'ophtalmologie, pôle médecine interne-ophtalmologie-ORL, CHU de Clermont-Ferrand, 58, rue de Montalembert, 63003 Clermont-Ferrand, France.
Abstract:
We report the case of a twenty-year-old man with a unilateral maculopathy responsible for an acute visual acuity loss and a sudden absolute central scotoma. His schizoid personality made the medical history fruitless. The patient's best corrected visual acuity was 20/60. Clinical examination revealed a strictly unilateral maculopathy with pigment remodeling and hyper-autofluorescent areas. Through this case report, we describe the characteristics of the lesion and the pathway to the diagnosis: a laser pointer-induced photic injury.

