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Year : 2019 | Volume
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Poppers' maculopathy
Renzo Canote Flores, Johana Rueda Rueda
Department of Retina and Vitreous, Instituto de Ojos Oftamosalud, Lima, Perú
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Johana Rueda Rueda Department of Retina and Vitreous, Instituto de Ojos Oftamosalud, Lima Perú
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None
DOI: 10.4103/2219-4665.267879
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We report a case of visual alterations after the first use of poppers in a young male patient. A 32-year-old male patient with no past medical history presented with decreased central visual acuity and phosphenes in both eyes. He admitted the use of poppers a day before the symptoms began. Optical coherence tomography showed bilateral disruption of the ellipsoid zone. Poppers' use is increasing in young people and so is the possibility of visual and structural alterations that can persist over time as a result of macular toxicity.
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