Solar retinopathy without abnormal exposure: case report
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| Název: | Solar retinopathy without abnormal exposure: case report |
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| Autoři: | Stock, Ricardo Alexandre, Savaris, Simone Louise, Lima Filho, Erasmo Carlos Rodrigues de, Bonamigo, Elcio Luiz |
| Zdroj: | Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia v.76 n.2 2013 Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia Conselho Brasileiro de Oftalmologia (CBO) instacron:CBO Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia, Volume: 76, Issue: 2, Pages: 118-120, Published: APR 2013 |
| Informace o vydavateli: | FapUNIFESP (SciELO), 2013. |
| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
| Témata: | Luz solar, Visual Acuity/radiation effects, Adult, Tomography, optical coherence/classification, Tomography, optical coherence, Acuidade visual, Retina/pathology, Retinitis, Visual Acuity, Retinite, Retina, 3. Good health, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Retinal Diseases, Tomografia de coerência óptica, Case report, Sunlight, Humans, Female, Retinitis/etiology, Radiation Injuries, Sunlight/adverse Effects, Tomography, Optical Coherence, Relato de caso |
| Popis: | Solar retinopathy is photochemical damage to the retina, usually caused, by direct or indirect solar observation resulting from the use of hallucinogenic drugs, mental disorders or during eclipses. There may be a loss of visual acuity. We report the case of a 38-year-old patient who presented with a clinical diagnosis of solar retinopathy in the left eye, no prior history of sun exposure, normal visual acuity and complaints of metamorphopsia. Optical coherence tomography showed a rupture of the retinal pigment epithelium, confirming class II solar retinopathy. Visual acuity tends to normalize after 3 to 9 months, but not always. Thus, there is a real need to educate people about using eye protection during sun exposure especially given that some people may be highly susceptible to retinal damage, which was presumably the case for this patient. Finally, we note the importance of optical coherence tomography in diagnosing solar retinopathy. |
| Druh dokumentu: | Article |
| Popis souboru: | text/html |
| Jazyk: | English |
| ISSN: | 0004-2749 |
| DOI: | 10.1590/s0004-27492013000200012 |
| Přístupová URL adresa: | http://www.scielo.br/pdf/abo/v76n2/12.pdf https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23828473 https://www.scielo.br/pdf/abo/v76n2/12.pdf http://www.scielo.br/j/abo/a/vmKFzqbDgP8ByrDkjsvDNrm/ https://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-27492013000200012&lng=pt&tlng=en http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-27492013000200012 http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-27492013000200012&lng=en&tlng=en |
| Rights: | CC BY CC BY NC |
| Přístupové číslo: | edsair.doi.dedup.....1e8f44ba8eab30a5068c7f4804e48767 |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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Nájsť tento článok vo Web of Science | Abstrakt: | Solar retinopathy is photochemical damage to the retina, usually caused, by direct or indirect solar observation resulting from the use of hallucinogenic drugs, mental disorders or during eclipses. There may be a loss of visual acuity. We report the case of a 38-year-old patient who presented with a clinical diagnosis of solar retinopathy in the left eye, no prior history of sun exposure, normal visual acuity and complaints of metamorphopsia. Optical coherence tomography showed a rupture of the retinal pigment epithelium, confirming class II solar retinopathy. Visual acuity tends to normalize after 3 to 9 months, but not always. Thus, there is a real need to educate people about using eye protection during sun exposure especially given that some people may be highly susceptible to retinal damage, which was presumably the case for this patient. Finally, we note the importance of optical coherence tomography in diagnosing solar retinopathy. |
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| ISSN: | 00042749 |
| DOI: | 10.1590/s0004-27492013000200012 |