Citation

Lim ME, Suelzer J, Moorthy RS, Vemuri G. J. AAPOS 2014; 18(6): 612-614.

Affiliation

Department of Physics, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.jaapos.2014.07.165

PMID

25448152

Abstract

We report a case of accidental thermal injury due to improper use of a laser pointer obtained outside of the United States. A 13-year-old received a laser pointer as a gift and looked at a reflection of the beam. The patient underwent full ophthalmologic examination with fundus photography, spectral domain optical coherence tomography, and fluorescein angiography. Visual acuity in the left eye was 20/100 at presentation. Fundus examination and ancillary tests were consistent with thermal macular injury. The laser pointer was analyzed and found to be a green diode laser with average power output of 154 mW.

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