KOLOA, Hawaii — Sequential macular thickness mapping can be used to detect retinal toxicity from hydroxychloroquine early and with specificity, according to a speaker here. A fundus or clinical ...

Age was a significant risk factor for retinal damage from HCQ use. Individuals who began taking the drug at 65 years or older were nearly six times more likely to develop retinopathy than those ...

At a subsequent follow-up, the patient had restarted hydroxychloroquine at a dose of 400 mg daily, and her repeat OCT and fundus autofluorescence imaging were unchanged.