J Korean Ophthalmol Soc.
1982 Sep;23(3):799-804.
A Case of Electrical Retinopathy with Optic Atrophy
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- 1Department of Ophthalmology, Fatima Hospital, Taegu, Korea.
Abstract
- We experiened a case of electrical retinopathy, following industrial electrocution. The patient complained of acute visual loss due to corneal edema, anterior chamber reaction, lens opacities, vitrons reaction, retinopathy and secondary glaucoma. The visual acuity was improved during hospital day and short term after discharge period, but worsened,eventually by progressive anterior chamber and posterior segment pathologies, that is lens opacities and optic atrophy etc, We Performed several ocular examinations, including visual field, fundus phetography and fluorescein angiography during admission and follow-up pericd. A brief review of the literature is described.