Bilateral Impending Macular Hole, Cataract and Uveitis following Electrical Injury

The present case describes bilateral impending macular holes, cataract and anterior uveitis in a 36-year-old male patient after having sustained a high-voltage electrical shock. Ocular complications following electrical injury have been rarely reported in the literature. To the best of our knowledge...

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Autores principales: Alamri, Osama, Alturkistani, Danya, Saifaldein, Amjad, Talatt, Karim
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: S. Karger AG 2020
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7772836/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33442378
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000510710
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author Alamri, Osama
Alturkistani, Danya
Saifaldein, Amjad
Talatt, Karim
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description The present case describes bilateral impending macular holes, cataract and anterior uveitis in a 36-year-old male patient after having sustained a high-voltage electrical shock. Ocular complications following electrical injury have been rarely reported in the literature. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of bilateral high intraocular pressure, corneal epithelial keratitis, anterior uveitis cataract and impending macular holes after high-voltage electrical injury.
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spelling pubmed-77728362021-01-12 Bilateral Impending Macular Hole, Cataract and Uveitis following Electrical Injury Alamri, Osama Alturkistani, Danya Saifaldein, Amjad Talatt, Karim Case Rep Ophthalmol Case Report The present case describes bilateral impending macular holes, cataract and anterior uveitis in a 36-year-old male patient after having sustained a high-voltage electrical shock. Ocular complications following electrical injury have been rarely reported in the literature. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of bilateral high intraocular pressure, corneal epithelial keratitis, anterior uveitis cataract and impending macular holes after high-voltage electrical injury. S. Karger AG 2020-11-25 /pmc/articles/PMC7772836/ /pubmed/33442378 http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000510710 Text en Copyright © 2020 by S. Karger AG, Basel http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This article is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-4.0 International License (CC BY-NC) (http://www.karger.com/Services/OpenAccessLicense). Usage and distribution for commercial purposes requires written permission.
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Bilateral Impending Macular Hole, Cataract and Uveitis following Electrical Injury
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title_full Bilateral Impending Macular Hole, Cataract and Uveitis following Electrical Injury
title_fullStr Bilateral Impending Macular Hole, Cataract and Uveitis following Electrical Injury
title_full_unstemmed Bilateral Impending Macular Hole, Cataract and Uveitis following Electrical Injury
title_short Bilateral Impending Macular Hole, Cataract and Uveitis following Electrical Injury
title_sort bilateral impending macular hole, cataract and uveitis following electrical injury
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7772836/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33442378
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000510710
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