Different Types of Maculopathy in Eyes after a High-Voltage Electrical Shock Injury

Background: We report a case of different types of maculopathy in eyes after a high-voltage electrical shock injury. Case Report: A 43-year-old male suffered high-voltage electrical injury through his left arm. He underwent cataract surgery in both eyes 3 months after the injury, but there was no vi...

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Main Authors: Hye Rim Choe, Un Chul Park
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karger Publishers 2019-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Ophthalmology
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Online Access:https://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/496196
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description Background: We report a case of different types of maculopathy in eyes after a high-voltage electrical shock injury. Case Report: A 43-year-old male suffered high-voltage electrical injury through his left arm. He underwent cataract surgery in both eyes 3 months after the injury, but there was no vision improvement. Ocular examination, including spectral domain optical coherence tomography, revealed diffuse retinal atrophy in the left eye which did not change until the final visit. In the right eye, an impending macular hole was observed but regressed spontaneously 9 months after the injury, and the visual acuity improved to 20/32 at the final visit. Conclusion: Two different types of maculopathy can occur in each eye after high-voltage electrical shock injury, and this might be due to asymmetric pathogenesis of the eyes according to the proximity to the route of electrical current.
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spelling doaj.art-80e564a9b3f74090a43443a545ac28bc2022-12-22T00:52:30ZengKarger PublishersCase Reports in Ophthalmology1663-26992019-01-01101192310.1159/000496196496196Different Types of Maculopathy in Eyes after a High-Voltage Electrical Shock InjuryHye Rim ChoeUn Chul ParkBackground: We report a case of different types of maculopathy in eyes after a high-voltage electrical shock injury. Case Report: A 43-year-old male suffered high-voltage electrical injury through his left arm. He underwent cataract surgery in both eyes 3 months after the injury, but there was no vision improvement. Ocular examination, including spectral domain optical coherence tomography, revealed diffuse retinal atrophy in the left eye which did not change until the final visit. In the right eye, an impending macular hole was observed but regressed spontaneously 9 months after the injury, and the visual acuity improved to 20/32 at the final visit. Conclusion: Two different types of maculopathy can occur in each eye after high-voltage electrical shock injury, and this might be due to asymmetric pathogenesis of the eyes according to the proximity to the route of electrical current.https://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/496196MaculopathyElectric shock
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Different Types of Maculopathy in Eyes after a High-Voltage Electrical Shock Injury
Case Reports in Ophthalmology
Maculopathy
Electric shock
title Different Types of Maculopathy in Eyes after a High-Voltage Electrical Shock Injury
title_full Different Types of Maculopathy in Eyes after a High-Voltage Electrical Shock Injury
title_fullStr Different Types of Maculopathy in Eyes after a High-Voltage Electrical Shock Injury
title_full_unstemmed Different Types of Maculopathy in Eyes after a High-Voltage Electrical Shock Injury
title_short Different Types of Maculopathy in Eyes after a High-Voltage Electrical Shock Injury
title_sort different types of maculopathy in eyes after a high voltage electrical shock injury
topic Maculopathy
Electric shock
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