Plaquenil Toxicity: "Flying Saucer"

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    • By Niloofar Piri, MD
      SSM Health Group, St Louis University
      Co-author(s): Katie Loock, OD, St. Louis University
    • Uploaded on Feb 25, 2021.
    • Last modified by Caroline Bozell on Feb 26, 2021.
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    Imaging
    Condition/keywords
    plaquenil toxicity, hydroxychloroquine toxicity, bull's eye maculopathy
    Imaging device
    Optical coherence tomography system
    Description
    SD- OCT of the same patient with hydroxychloroquine (Plaquenil) toxicity, demonstrating classic "Flying Saucer" pattern secondary to parafoveal RPE atrophy, and outer retinal layer disruption including EZ loss, and outer nuclear layer loss.

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