Maculopathy from handheld green diode laser pointer

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Kimia Ziahosseini, specialist trainee1,
John P Doris, specialist registrar2,
George S Turner, consultant vitreoretinal surgeon2

¹St Paul’s Eye Unit, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool L7 8XP
²Manchester Royal Eye Hospital, Manchester M13 9WH

kim.z{at}doctors.org.uk

Macular laser treatment with a thermal laser can result in permanent scotoma at the laser burn site.1 We report on a teenager who presented with central scotomas from a high powered handheld laser pointer. He had bought a green diode laser pointer over the internet and shone the laser beam into his eyes while playing with it.

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