Bilateral maculopathy and cataracts secondary to an accidental high-voltage electrical discharge

The aim of the study was to describe the ocular findings following an accidental high-voltage electrical discharge. A 32-year-old male suffered an accidental electric discharge of 10,000 volts of direct current. He developed cortical, nuclear, and posterior subcapsular opacities in both the eyes. Th...

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Autores principales: Peñaranda, Carlos F., Acon, Dhariana, Valdes, Carlos A., Wu, Lihteh
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2020
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8259525/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34295627
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/tjo.tjo_7_20
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description The aim of the study was to describe the ocular findings following an accidental high-voltage electrical discharge. A 32-year-old male suffered an accidental electric discharge of 10,000 volts of direct current. He developed cortical, nuclear, and posterior subcapsular opacities in both the eyes. The retinal examination showed bilateral macular cysts. Four months after the event, the macular cyst in the OD spontaneously regressed without visual improvement. The macular cyst in the OS remained unchanged. High-voltage electrical discharge can lead to bilateral maculopathy and cataracts. The visual prognosis is reserved. The visual acuity may not improve despite macular cyst regression.
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spelling pubmed-82595252021-07-21 Bilateral maculopathy and cataracts secondary to an accidental high-voltage electrical discharge Peñaranda, Carlos F. Acon, Dhariana Valdes, Carlos A. Wu, Lihteh Taiwan J Ophthalmol Case Report The aim of the study was to describe the ocular findings following an accidental high-voltage electrical discharge. A 32-year-old male suffered an accidental electric discharge of 10,000 volts of direct current. He developed cortical, nuclear, and posterior subcapsular opacities in both the eyes. The retinal examination showed bilateral macular cysts. Four months after the event, the macular cyst in the OD spontaneously regressed without visual improvement. The macular cyst in the OS remained unchanged. High-voltage electrical discharge can lead to bilateral maculopathy and cataracts. The visual prognosis is reserved. The visual acuity may not improve despite macular cyst regression. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2020-04-27 /pmc/articles/PMC8259525/ /pubmed/34295627 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/tjo.tjo_7_20 Text en Copyright: © 2020 Taiwan J Ophthalmol https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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title_full_unstemmed Bilateral maculopathy and cataracts secondary to an accidental high-voltage electrical discharge
title_short Bilateral maculopathy and cataracts secondary to an accidental high-voltage electrical discharge
title_sort bilateral maculopathy and cataracts secondary to an accidental high-voltage electrical discharge
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8259525/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34295627
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/tjo.tjo_7_20
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