CLINICAL SCIENCES Retinopathy From a Green Laser Pointer A Clinicopathologic

light from a commercially available class 3A green laser pointer. Methods: A 55-year-old woman with a ring melanoma was scheduled for enucleation. The eye (visual acuity 20/ 20) had a healthy-appearing macular retina. The retina was exposed to light from a commercially available class 3A green laser: 60 seconds to the fovea, 5 minutes to a site 5 ° below the fovea, and 15 minutes to a site 5 ° su-perior to the fovea. Color photographs were obtained be-fore and after exposure. The eye was enucleated 20 days after exposure. Results: Laser power measurements averaged less than 5mW. Retinopathy was observed 24 hours after laser ex-posure. This was characterized by a yellowish discolora-tion at the level of the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE