title: [Unilateral maculopathy in a young male patient: A photic laser injury].
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.
authors: Service d'ophtalmologie, pôle médecine interne-ophtalmologie-ORL, CHU de Clermont-Ferrand, 58, rue de Montalembert, 63003 Clermont-Ferrand, France. Electronic address: ro.joubert@gmail.com.
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Joubert
authors: Centre d'ophtalmologie du Zénith, Trident E, 46, rue Sarliève, 63800 Cournonl, France.
authors: F
authors: F
authors: Farguette
authors: Département d'ophtalmologie, centre hospitalier intercommunal de Créteil, université Paris Est, 40, avenue de Verdun, 94000 Créteil, France.
authors: O
authors: O
authors: Chevreaud
authors: Service d'ophtalmologie, pôle médecine interne-ophtalmologie-ORL, CHU de Clermont-Ferrand, 58, rue de Montalembert, 63003 Clermont-Ferrand, France.
authors: F
authors: F
authors: Chiambaretta
authors: Département d'ophtalmologie, centre hospitalier intercommunal de Créteil, université Paris Est, 40, avenue de Verdun, 94000 Créteil, France.
authors: E H
authors: EH
authors: Souied
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007834:Lasers / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008266:Macula Lutea / Q000293:injuries* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D012607:Scotoma / Q000209:etiology*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Laser; Maculopathie; Maculopathy; Photic injury; Phototraumatisme