ABSTRACT
An unusual case of traumatic maculopathy following blunt trauma with a sugarcane stick is reported in a 12-year-old boy. An area of parafoveal exudates associated with decrease in visual acuity was observed in the affected eye of the patient. Baseline parameters related to the best-corrected visual acuity, visual fields, fundus photographs, fluorescein angiography, and macular optical coherence tomography were performed and the patient was observed for 6 months with conservative management. There was complete resolution of the exudates with commensurate increase in the best-corrected visual acuity over this period. This unusual presentation of traumatic maculopathy is discussed along with the role of optical coherence tomography in such cases. [Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging 2009;40:421-424.]
AUTHORS
From the Guru Nanak Eye Center, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India.
Accepted for publication June 29, 2008.
The authors have no financial or proprietary interest in the materials presented herein.
Address correspondence to Zia Chaudhuri, MS, DNB, MNAMS, FRCS (Glasg), E-310, Purvasha, Anand Lok Society, Mayur Vihar Phase 1, Delhi 110091, India.
doi: 10.3928/15428877-20096030-15
