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Chorioretinal atrophy after electrical injury

Author(s) -

Gregory J. Zablocki,

Curtis Hagedorn

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

digital journal of ophthalmology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.223

H-Index - 7

ISSN - 1542-8958

DOI - 10.5693/djo.02.2011.07.003

Subject(s) - atrophy , medicine , optic nerve , electrical injuries , electrical current , ophthalmology , blurred vision , poison control , pathology , injury prevention , electrical engineering , engineering , environmental health

A 26-year-old-man who had suffered a severe electrical injury 3 years previously presented with blurred vision in his left eye caused by a posterior subcapsular cataract with nuclear sclerotic changes and peripapillary chorioretinal scarring. The pattern of retinal atrophy surrounding the optic nerve suggests a possible path of electrical current to the eye and demonstrates the selective tissuedamage that may occur in electrical injuries.

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