Rod and Cone Photoreceptor Degeneration Associated With Long-term Chloroquine Use (Adaptive Optics)
Rod and Cone Photoreceptor Degeneration Associated With Long-term Chloroquine Use (Adaptive Optics)
52 years of age, male, BCVA RA cc 0.1, LA cc 0.1.
Findings
Adaptive Optics: Outside the perifoveal ophthalmoscopic pigmentary changes AO image showed a massive degeneration of the rod and cone photoreceptor mosaic. AO detected strong abnormalities caused by chloroquine toxicity.
Michelson, Georg, Prof. Dr. med., Interdisziplinäres Zentrum für augenheilkundliche Präventivmedizin und Imaging, Augenklinik, Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany