MENENDEZ HERNANDEZ, Yanaisy C. et al. Maculopathy in bull’s eye due to the use of chloroquine. Presentation of a case. []. , 43, 2, pp. 3257-3269.   30--2021. ISSN 1684-1824.

A case is reported of a patient with maculopathy in bulls’ eye associated to the use of chloroquine. The use of chloroquine associated with rheumatologic diseases can cause retinal damage related to the dose and the time of treatment evolution. It can cause from mild visual impairment to irreversible vision damage depending on the time the diagnosis is made. A 72-year-old female patient is presented with a diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis for 21 years and treatment with chloroquine for 15 years. She assisted the consultation with a slow and progressive bilateral vision decrease; at the ophthalmological examination of the fundus a maculopathy in bull’s eye was diagnosed, later confirmed by auto fluorescence and optical coherence tomography studies.

: maculopathy; chloroquine; visual impairment.

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