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Gaurav K. Shah, MD; David B. Auerbach, DO; James J. Augsburger, MD; Peter J. Savino, MD
Philadelphia, Pa

Arch Ophthalmol. 1998;116:826-827.

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AN OBESE 28-year-old woman with a long history of psychiatric problems had decreased vision in both eyes for 6 months. She reported that most of the visual loss occurred about 2 weeks prior to her visit.

Her medications included fluoxetine, diazepam, methylphenidate hydrochloride, and thioridazine. The thioridazine (800 mg 4 times daily) had been prescribed 8 weeks prior to her visit and had been taken as prescribed until 4 days before her examination.

Best-corrected visual acuity was 20/60 OD and 20/25 OS. There was a trace relative afferent pupillary defect in the right eye. Automated perimetry showed a superior arcuate defect in the right eye and nonspecific reduction in sensitivity in the left eye. Dilated fundus examination revealed a diffuse pigmentary retinopathy of the entire postequatorial fundus (Figure 1). Fluorescein angiography demonstrated . . . [Full Text of this Article]