Chioroquine Retinopathy

Ngamkae Dongosintr M.D.
Patthanee Samsen M.D.
Yani Chiemchaisri M.D.
Department of Ophthalmology, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.


ABSTRACT

Chioroquine has been used in the treatment of rheumatologic and dermatologic disorders since 1950. Ocular complications became apparent as corneal deposits and retinopathy with visual loss. We herein report a case of 53-year-old Thai female who has rheumatoid arthritis. She had taken chloroquine 250 mg/day for 4 years and 9 months. Then, she had blurred vision and the fundoscopic examination demonstrated Bull's eye maculopathy in both eyes.