Plaquenil Toxicity - Bull's Eye Maculopathy - 25 Years Therapy
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73-year-old woman has been on Plaquenil she thinks probably for about the last twenty to twenty five years. She was diagnosed at that time with arthritis. Her sister has severe arthritis. She was tested and the tests showed not only that she was positive, but also she had very high sedimentation rates. She has been on treatment since then and fortunately she has not had any joint problems. You were concerned though because of a visual field issue, about possible Plaquenil toxicity. She also had a lung surgery in 2004 and not a sarcoma. She had breast surgery in 2005 for breast cancer, but currently she is free of any cancer. For her arthritis she is diagnosed as a possible crossover between lupus and rheumatoid arthritis and she has also fibromyalgia.
VISUAL ACUITY: OD 20/70, OS 20/30. IOP: OD 15, OS 16. Her color vision was 0 out 10 correct in both eyes and she also missed the controls. She has a posterior chamber intraocular lens in good position in both eyes.
EXTENDED OPHTHALMOSCOPY:
OD: Vertical C/D ratio is 0.2. There is posterior vitreous separation. There is an area of atrophy that is concentric atrophy.
OS: Vertical C/D ratio is 0.2. There is posterior vitreous separation with concentric geographic atrophy.
OCT SCAN: The OCT scan shows retinal atrophy in both eyes. The average central foveal thickness in the right eye is 170 microns with a volume of 4.85 mm3. The left eye has 161 microns with a volume of 5.18 mm3. The line scans show loss of the photoreceptor integrity around the macula in both eyes. Photos confirm clinical findings.
FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY: Fluorescein angiography shows a classic bull’s eye maculopathy in each eye from the Plaquenil toxicity.
IMPRESSION:
1. PLAQUENIL TOXICITY – BOTH EYES WITH BULLS EYE MACULOPATHY
DISCUSSION: I explained to the patient she has unfortunately Plaquenil toxicity. I told her to stop the drug and to talk to her doctors. I asked her to return for a check in six months or sooner if she should notice a problem.
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Plaquenil (Hydroxycholorquine) Toxicity - Bull's Eye Maculopathy - 73 year old womand 25 Years therapy - 64 inches tall - 110 lbs733 views73-year-old woman has been on Plaquenil for twenty five years. She noticed loss of paracentral vision a few months ago. VISUAL ACUITY: OD 20/70, OS 20/30. Her color vision was 0 out 10 correct in both eyes and she also missed the controls. 
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Plaquenil (Hydroxycholorquine) Toxicity - Bull's Eye Maculopathy - 73 year old womand 25 Years therapy - 64 inches tall - 110 lbs905 views73-year-old woman has been on Plaquenil for twenty five years. She noticed loss of paracentral vision a few months ago. VISUAL ACUITY: OD 20/70, OS 20/30. Her color vision was 0 out 10 correct in both eyes and she also missed the controls.
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Plaquenil (Hydroxycholorquine) Toxicity - Bull's Eye Maculopathy - 73 year old womand 25 Years therapy - 64 inches tall - 110 lbs634 views73-year-old woman has been on Plaquenil for twenty five years. She noticed loss of paracentral vision a few months ago. VISUAL ACUITY: OD 20/70, OS 20/30. Her color vision was 0 out 10 correct in both eyes and she also missed the controls.
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Plaquenil (Hydroxycholorquine) Toxicity - Bull's Eye Maculopathy - 73 year old womand 25 Years therapy - 64 inches tall - 110 lbs915 views73-year-old woman has been on Plaquenil for twenty five years. She noticed loss of paracentral vision a few months ago. VISUAL ACUITY: OD 20/70, OS 20/30. Her color vision was 0 out 10 correct in both eyes and she also missed the controls.
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Plaquenil (Hydroxycholorquine) Toxicity - Bull's Eye Maculopathy - 73 year old womand 25 Years therapy - 64 inches tall - 110 lbs966 views73-year-old woman has been on Plaquenil for twenty five years. She noticed loss of paracentral vision a few months ago. VISUAL ACUITY: OD 20/70, OS 20/30. Her color vision was 0 out 10 correct in both eyes and she also missed the controls.
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Plaquenil (Hydroxycholorquine) Toxicity - Bull's Eye Maculopathy - 73 year old womand 25 Years therapy - 64 inches tall - 110 lbs853 views73-year-old woman has been on Plaquenil for twenty five years. She noticed loss of paracentral vision a few months ago. VISUAL ACUITY: OD 20/70, OS 20/30. Her color vision was 0 out 10 correct in both eyes and she also missed the controls.
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Plaquenil (Hydroxycholorquine) Toxicity - Bull's Eye Maculopathy - 73 year old womand 25 Years therapy - 64 inches tall - 110 lbs590 views73-year-old woman has been on Plaquenil for twenty five years. She noticed loss of paracentral vision a few months ago. VISUAL ACUITY: OD 20/70, OS 20/30. Her color vision was 0 out 10 correct in both eyes and she also missed the controls.
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Plaquenil (Hydroxycholorquine) Toxicity - Bull's Eye Maculopathy - 73 year old womand 25 Years therapy - 64 inches tall - 110 lbs561 views73-year-old woman has been on Plaquenil for twenty five years. She noticed loss of paracentral vision a few months ago. VISUAL ACUITY: OD 20/70, OS 20/30. Her color vision was 0 out 10 correct in both eyes and she also missed the controls.
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Plaquenil (Hydroxycholorquine) Toxicity - Bull's Eye Maculopathy - 73 year old womand 25 Years therapy - 64 inches tall - 110 lbs677 views73-year-old woman has been on Plaquenil for twenty five years. She noticed loss of paracentral vision a few months ago. VISUAL ACUITY: OD 20/70, OS 20/30. Her color vision was 0 out 10 correct in both eyes and she also missed the controls.
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Plaquenil (Hydroxycholorquine) Toxicity - Bull's Eye Maculopathy - 73 year old womand 25 Years therapy - 64 inches tall - 110 lbs780 views73-year-old woman has been on Plaquenil for twenty five years. She noticed loss of paracentral vision a few months ago. VISUAL ACUITY: OD 20/70, OS 20/30. Her color vision was 0 out 10 correct in both eyes and she also missed the controls.
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Plaquenil (Hydroxycholorquine) Toxicity - Bull's Eye Maculopathy - 73 year old womand 25 Years therapy - 64 inches tall - 110 lbs699 views73-year-old woman has been on Plaquenil for twenty five years. She noticed loss of paracentral vision a few months ago. VISUAL ACUITY: OD 20/70, OS 20/30. Her color vision was 0 out 10 correct in both eyes and she also missed the controls.
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Plaquenil (Hydroxycholorquine) Toxicity - Bull's Eye Maculopathy - 73 year old womand 25 Years therapy - 64 inches tall - 110 lbs600 views73-year-old woman has been on Plaquenil for twenty five years. She noticed loss of paracentral vision a few months ago. VISUAL ACUITY: OD 20/70, OS 20/30. Her color vision was 0 out 10 correct in both eyes and she also missed the controls.
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Plaquenil (Hydroxycholorquine) Toxicity - Bull's Eye Maculopathy - 73 year old womand 25 Years therapy - 64 inches tall - 110 lbs607 views73-year-old woman has been on Plaquenil for twenty five years. She noticed loss of paracentral vision a few months ago. VISUAL ACUITY: OD 20/70, OS 20/30. Her color vision was 0 out 10 correct in both eyes and she also missed the controls.
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Plaquenil (Hydroxycholorquine) Toxicity - Bull's Eye Maculopathy - 73 year old womand 25 Years therapy - 64 inches tall - 110 lbs670 views73-year-old woman has been on Plaquenil for twenty five years. She noticed loss of paracentral vision a few months ago. VISUAL ACUITY: OD 20/70, OS 20/30. Her color vision was 0 out 10 correct in both eyes and she also missed the controls.
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Plaquenil (Hydroxycholorquine) Toxicity - Bull's Eye Maculopathy - 73 year old womand 25 Years therapy - 64 inches tall - 110 lbs517 views73-year-old woman has been on Plaquenil for twenty five years. She noticed loss of paracentral vision a few months ago. VISUAL ACUITY: OD 20/70, OS 20/30. Her color vision was 0 out 10 correct in both eyes and she also missed the controls.
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Plaquenil (Hydroxycholorquine) Toxicity - Bull's Eye Maculopathy - 73 year old womand 25 Years therapy - 64 inches tall - 110 lbs495 views73-year-old woman has been on Plaquenil for twenty five years. She noticed loss of paracentral vision a few months ago. VISUAL ACUITY: OD 20/70, OS 20/30. Her color vision was 0 out 10 correct in both eyes and she also missed the controls.
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Plaquenil (Hydroxycholorquine) Toxicity - Bull's Eye Maculopathy - 73 year old womand 25 Years therapy - 64 inches tall - 110 lbs528 views73-year-old woman has been on Plaquenil for twenty five years. She noticed loss of paracentral vision a few months ago. VISUAL ACUITY: OD 20/70, OS 20/30. Her color vision was 0 out 10 correct in both eyes and she also missed the controls.
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Plaquenil (Hydroxycholorquine) Toxicity - Bull's Eye Maculopathy - 73 year old womand 25 Years therapy - 64 inches tall - 110 lbs508 views73-year-old woman has been on Plaquenil for twenty five years. She noticed loss of paracentral vision a few months ago. VISUAL ACUITY: OD 20/70, OS 20/30. Her color vision was 0 out 10 correct in both eyes and she also missed the controls.
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Plaquenil (Hydroxycholorquine) Toxicity - Bull's Eye Maculopathy - 73 year old womand 25 Years therapy - 64 inches tall - 110 lbs558 views73-year-old woman has been on Plaquenil for twenty five years. She noticed loss of paracentral vision a few months ago. VISUAL ACUITY: OD 20/70, OS 20/30. Her color vision was 0 out 10 correct in both eyes and she also missed the controls.
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Plaquenil (Hydroxycholorquine) Toxicity - Bull's Eye Maculopathy - 73 year old womand 25 Years therapy - 64 inches tall - 110 lbs520 views73-year-old woman has been on Plaquenil for twenty five years. She noticed loss of paracentral vision a few months ago. VISUAL ACUITY: OD 20/70, OS 20/30. Her color vision was 0 out 10 correct in both eyes and she also missed the controls.
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Plaquenil (Hydroxycholorquine) Toxicity - Bull's Eye Maculopathy - 73 year old womand 25 Years therapy - 64 inches tall - 110 lbs503 views73-year-old woman has been on Plaquenil for twenty five years. She noticed loss of paracentral vision a few months ago. VISUAL ACUITY: OD 20/70, OS 20/30. Her color vision was 0 out 10 correct in both eyes and she also missed the controls.
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Plaquenil (Hydroxycholorquine) Toxicity - Bull's Eye Maculopathy - 73 year old womand 25 Years therapy - 64 inches tall - 110 lbs629 views73-year-old woman has been on Plaquenil for twenty five years. She noticed loss of paracentral vision a few months ago. VISUAL ACUITY: OD 20/70, OS 20/30. Her color vision was 0 out 10 correct in both eyes and she also missed the controls.
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Plaquenil (Hydroxycholorquine) Toxicity - Bull's Eye Maculopathy - 73 year old womand 25 Years therapy - 64 inches tall - 110 lbs540 views73-year-old woman has been on Plaquenil for twenty five years. She noticed loss of paracentral vision a few months ago. VISUAL ACUITY: OD 20/70, OS 20/30. Her color vision was 0 out 10 correct in both eyes and she also missed the controls.
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Plaquenil (Hydroxycholorquine) Toxicity - Bull's Eye Maculopathy - 73 year old womand 25 Years therapy - 64 inches tall - 110 lbs540 views73-year-old woman has been on Plaquenil for twenty five years. She noticed loss of paracentral vision a few months ago. VISUAL ACUITY: OD 20/70, OS 20/30. Her color vision was 0 out 10 correct in both eyes and she also missed the controls.
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Plaquenil (Hydroxycholorquine) Toxicity - Bull's Eye Maculopathy - 73 year old womand 25 Years therapy - 64 inches tall - 110 lbs710 views73-year-old woman has been on Plaquenil for twenty five years. She noticed loss of paracentral vision a few months ago. VISUAL ACUITY: OD 20/70, OS 20/30. Her color vision was 0 out 10 correct in both eyes and she also missed the controls.
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Plaquenil Toxicity - Bull's Eye Maculopathy - 25 Years Therapy - Fundus Autofluorescence817 views73-year-old woman has been on Plaquenil for twenty five years. Plaquenil has now been stopped for 6 months. VA continues to decline as does visual function - 20/80 OD , 20/40 OS
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Plaquenil Toxicity - Bull's Eye Maculopathy - 25 Years Therapy - InfraRed Image560 views73-year-old woman has been on Plaquenil for twenty five years. Plaquenil has now been stopped for 6 months. VA continues to decline as does visual function - 20/80 OD , 20/40 OS
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Plaquenil Toxicity - Bull's Eye Maculopathy - 25 Years Therapy - OCT Line Scan852 views73-year-old woman has been on Plaquenil for twenty five years. Plaquenil has now been stopped for 6 months. VA continues to decline as does visual function - 20/80 OD , 20/40 OS
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Plaquenil Toxicity - Bull's Eye Maculopathy - 25 Years Therapy - OCT Video - TAKES TIME TO LOAD708 views73-year-old woman has been on Plaquenil for twenty five years. Plaquenil has now been stopped for 6 months. VA continues to decline as does visual function - 20/80 OD , 20/40 OS
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Plaquenil Toxicity - Bull's Eye Maculopathy - 25 Years Therapy OCT Posterior Pole MAP623 views73-year-old woman has been on Plaquenil for twenty five years. Plaquenil has now been stopped for 6 months. VA continues to decline as does visual function - 20/80 OD , 20/40 OS
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Plaquenil Toxicity - Bull's Eye Maculopathy - 25 Years Therapy - Fundus Autofluorescence1255 views73-year-old woman has been on Plaquenil for twenty five years. Plaquenil has now been stopped for 6 months. VA continues to decline as does visual function - 20/80 OD , 20/40 OS
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Plaquenil Toxicity - Bull's Eye Maculopathy - 25 Years Therapy - Infra-red Image673 views73-year-old woman has been on Plaquenil for twenty five years. Plaquenil has now been stopped for 6 months. VA continues to decline as does visual function - 20/80 OD , 20/40 OS
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Plaquenil Toxicity - Bull's Eye Maculopathy - 25 Years Therapy OCT Line Scan1038 views73-year-old woman has been on Plaquenil for twenty five years. Plaquenil has now been stopped for 6 months. VA continues to decline as does visual function - 20/80 OD , 20/40 OS
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Plaquenil Toxicity - Bull's Eye Maculopathy - 25 Years Therapy - OCT Posterior Pole MAP684 views73-year-old woman has been on Plaquenil for twenty five years. Plaquenil has now been stopped for 6 months. VA continues to decline as does visual function - 20/80 OD , 20/40 OS
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Plaquenil Toxicity - Bull's Eye Maculopathy - 25 Years Therapy - OCT Video - TAKES TIME TO LOAD875 views73-year-old woman has been on Plaquenil for twenty five years. Plaquenil has now been stopped for 6 months. VA continues to decline as does visual function - 20/80 OD , 20/40 OS
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73-year-old woman has been on Plaquenil she thinks probably for about the last twenty to twenty five years. She was diagnosed at that time with arthritis. Her sister has severe arthritis. She was tested and the tests showed not only that she was positive, but also she had very high sedimentation rates. She has been on treatment since then and fortunately she has not had any joint problems. You were concerned though because of a visual field issue, about possible Plaquenil toxicity. She also had a lung surgery in 2004 and not a sarcoma. She had breast surgery in 2005 for breast cancer, but currently she is free of any cancer. For her arthritis she is diagnosed as a possible crossover between lupus and rheumatoid arthritis and she has also fibromyalgia.
VISUAL ACUITY: OD 20/70, OS 20/30. IOP: OD 15, OS 16. Her color vision was 0 out 10 correct in both eyes and she also missed the controls. She has a posterior chamber intraocular lens in good position in both eyes.
EXTENDED OPHTHALMOSCOPY:
OD: Vertical C/D ratio is 0.2. There is posterior vitreous separation. There is an area of atrophy that is concentric atrophy.
OS: Vertical C/D ratio is 0.2. There is posterior vitreous separation with concentric geographic atrophy.
OCT SCAN: The OCT scan shows retinal atrophy in both eyes. The average central foveal thickness in the right eye is 170 microns with a volume of 4.85 mm3. The left eye has 161 microns with a volume of 5.18 mm3. The line scans show loss of the photoreceptor integrity around the macula in both eyes. Photos confirm clinical findings.
FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY: Fluorescein angiography shows a classic bull’s eye maculopathy in each eye from the Plaquenil toxicity.
IMPRESSION:
1. PLAQUENIL TOXICITY – BOTH EYES WITH BULLS EYE MACULOPATHY
DISCUSSION: I explained to the patient she has unfortunately Plaquenil toxicity. I told her to stop the drug and to talk to her doctors. I asked her to return for a check in six months or sooner if she should notice a problem.
