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¹Uz. Dr., Marmara Üniversitesi Pendik Eğitim Araştırma Hastanesi, Göz Hastalıkları, İstanbul, Türkiye
²Prof. Dr., Marmara Üniversitesi Pendik Eğitim Araştırma Hastanesi, Göz Hastalıkları, İstanbul, Türkiye After the car accident with whiplash injury, a 52 year old male patient had reduction in visual acuity and loss of central vision. There were bilateral intraretinal edema and subretinal fl uid in optical coherent tomography (OCT). OCT fi ndings included a thickened outer retina. The architecture of the inner retina and the foveal pit were preserved. During 2 weeks following the accident, topical nonsteroid antiinfl ammatory treatment solved the edema gradually and visual recovery was achieved. At the end of the third month, the patient?s bilateral visual acuity was 20/20 , and the entire retinal anatomy was normal in OCT. Although whiplash injuries often occur after traffi c accidents, whiplash maculopathy is very rarely described in the literature because of its naming. Patients complain about decreased vision and central scotoma. It has been reported that these retinal changes can be absorbed spontaneously. In our case; similar to previous publications, the pathology is clearly demonstrated. Apart from the others in our case fi ndings recovered with the use of topical NSAI. Keywords : Whiplash maculopathy, traumatic maculopathy, macular edema