Dear Editor,Hydroxychloroquine(HCQ)is a drug widely used in the treatment of autoimmune diseases and oncologic disorders,and was even used during a brief period of time for the therapy of COVID-19 disease[1].HCQ retin...Dear Editor,Hydroxychloroquine(HCQ)is a drug widely used in the treatment of autoimmune diseases and oncologic disorders,and was even used during a brief period of time for the therapy of COVID-19 disease[1].HCQ retinopathy has a prevalence ranging from 4.3%to 13.8%.However,for a patient with a normal screening examination the risk of developing HCQ retinopathy is very low[2].The American Academy of Ophthalmology recommended visual field(VF)and optical coherence tomography(OCT)for the screening,whereas the Royal College of Ophthalmologists advised the use of OCT and fundus autofluorescence(FAF)[2-3].展开更多
文摘Dear Editor,Hydroxychloroquine(HCQ)is a drug widely used in the treatment of autoimmune diseases and oncologic disorders,and was even used during a brief period of time for the therapy of COVID-19 disease[1].HCQ retinopathy has a prevalence ranging from 4.3%to 13.8%.However,for a patient with a normal screening examination the risk of developing HCQ retinopathy is very low[2].The American Academy of Ophthalmology recommended visual field(VF)and optical coherence tomography(OCT)for the screening,whereas the Royal College of Ophthalmologists advised the use of OCT and fundus autofluorescence(FAF)[2-3].
