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VISUAL AND ANATOMICAL CHANGES AFTER DRUG CESSATION IN PENTOSAN POLYSULFATE SODIUM-ASSOCIATED MACULOPATHY
Priya R Gupta1, Dilraj S Grewal
1Department of Ophthalmology, Duke University, Duke Eye Center, Durham, North Carolina.
Purpose:
The purpose of this study was to describe a case of development of pentosan polysulfate sodium (PPS)-related maculopathy that exhibited potential improvement in imaging findings after drug cessation.
Methods:
This study is a case report.
Results:
A 66-year-old woman presented with progressive pigmentary maculopathy associated with long-term PPS usage, including development of a choroidal neovascular membrane in her right eye. After discontinuation of PPS, her clinical course was notable for partial subjective and objective improvement in visual acuity, as well as partial improvement in outer retinal architecture on ocular coherence tomography, but persistence of retinal pigment epithelium atrophy and autofluorescence changes.
Conclusion:
The course of retinopathy after discontinuation of PPS has yet to be fully determined and has so far been suggested to be progressive. Anatomical improvements seen in our case suggest that further investigations are warranted to determine whether there is potential for partial reversal of some changes in PPS maculopathy.
