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Solar Retinopathy Presenting with Outer Retinal Defects Among Habitants of High Altitude
Solar radiation causes acute foveal injury resulting in outer retinal defects. Symptoms often follow an event of unprotected gazing at a solar eclipse or directly viewing the sun. We encountered a series of cases during winter among habitants of high altitudes who complained of visual field scotomas...
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2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8109035/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33951904 http://dx.doi.org/10.4274/tjo.galenos.2020.83284 |
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author | Sharma, Rajan Krishnappa, Nagesha Chokkahalli Gupta, Rakesh Gupta, Ravinder |
author_facet | Sharma, Rajan Krishnappa, Nagesha Chokkahalli Gupta, Rakesh Gupta, Ravinder |
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description | Solar radiation causes acute foveal injury resulting in outer retinal defects. Symptoms often follow an event of unprotected gazing at a solar eclipse or directly viewing the sun. We encountered a series of cases during winter among habitants of high altitudes who complained of visual field scotomas. All of them had a typical history of prolonged sunbathing but denied gazing at the sun directly. Optical coherence tomography showed outer retinal defects involving the ellipsoid zone characteristic of solar retinopathy in all patients. In this case series, we would like to emphasize the role of geographical factors in the causation of solar retinopathy. |
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spelling | pubmed-81090352021-05-17 Solar Retinopathy Presenting with Outer Retinal Defects Among Habitants of High Altitude Sharma, Rajan Krishnappa, Nagesha Chokkahalli Gupta, Rakesh Gupta, Ravinder Turk J Ophthalmol Case Report Solar radiation causes acute foveal injury resulting in outer retinal defects. Symptoms often follow an event of unprotected gazing at a solar eclipse or directly viewing the sun. We encountered a series of cases during winter among habitants of high altitudes who complained of visual field scotomas. All of them had a typical history of prolonged sunbathing but denied gazing at the sun directly. Optical coherence tomography showed outer retinal defects involving the ellipsoid zone characteristic of solar retinopathy in all patients. In this case series, we would like to emphasize the role of geographical factors in the causation of solar retinopathy. Galenos Publishing 2021-04 2021-04-29 /pmc/articles/PMC8109035/ /pubmed/33951904 http://dx.doi.org/10.4274/tjo.galenos.2020.83284 Text en © Copyright 2021 by Turkish Ophthalmological Association | Turkish Journal of Ophthalmology, published by Galenos Publishing House. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Sharma, Rajan Krishnappa, Nagesha Chokkahalli Gupta, Rakesh Gupta, Ravinder Solar Retinopathy Presenting with Outer Retinal Defects Among Habitants of High Altitude |
title | Solar Retinopathy Presenting with Outer Retinal Defects Among Habitants of High Altitude |
title_full | Solar Retinopathy Presenting with Outer Retinal Defects Among Habitants of High Altitude |
title_fullStr | Solar Retinopathy Presenting with Outer Retinal Defects Among Habitants of High Altitude |
title_full_unstemmed | Solar Retinopathy Presenting with Outer Retinal Defects Among Habitants of High Altitude |
title_short | Solar Retinopathy Presenting with Outer Retinal Defects Among Habitants of High Altitude |
title_sort | solar retinopathy presenting with outer retinal defects among habitants of high altitude |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8109035/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33951904 http://dx.doi.org/10.4274/tjo.galenos.2020.83284 |
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