Classification of Hydroxychloroquine Retinopathy: A Literature Review and Proposal for Revision.

ABSTRACT: Establishing universal standards for the nomenclature and classification of hydroxychloroquine retinopathy is essential. This review summarizes the classifications used for categorizing the patterns of hydroxychloroquine retinopathy and grading its severity in the literature, highlighting the limitations of these classifications based on recent findings. To overcome these limitations, I propose categorizing hydroxychloroquine retinopathy into four categories based on optical coherence tomography (OCT) findings: parafoveal (parafoveal damage only), pericentral (pericentral damage only), combined parafoveal and pericentral (both parafoveal and pericentral damage), and posterior polar (widespread damage over parafoveal, pericentral, and more peripheral areas), with or without foveal involveme

SUBMITTER: Ahn SJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11353870 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature