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To the Editor: The letter by Fariza and Castellote (Nov. 11 issue)¹ on light damage by indirect ophthalmoscopy contains photographs illustrating an acute change in both maculas of a patient with high myopia after retinal examination. I take issue with the supposition that the macular lesions were due to light toxicity.

The lesions probably represented hemorrhage caused by small areas of choroidal neovascularization emanating from breaks in Bruch's membrane (lacquer cracks) or within areas of chorioretinal atrophy. An exudative detachment within the macula can also occur when choroidal neovascularization is present, and would be consistent with the whitish changes seen . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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Clinical Light Damage by Indirect Ophthalmoscopy
Fariza E., Castellote M.
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N Engl J Med 1993; 329:1505-1507, Nov 11, 1993. Correspondence

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