Erythropsial phototoxicity associated with nonultraviolet-filtering intraocular lenses.
Four patients with monoocular erythropsia (seeing red) caused by excessive exposure to bright light are presented. Each patient had a nonultraviolet (UV)-filtering intraocular lens (IOL) in the involved eye; the fellow eye was either phakic or had a UV-filtering IOL. Each patient had seen a definite red hue to lights (moon, automobile headlights, etc.) only at night after prior prolonged exposure to high-intensity sunlight and only in the eye with a non-UV-filtering IOL.
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Department of Ophthalmology, University of Tennessee College of Medicine, Chattanooga.
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D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007910:Lenses, Intraocular; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011837:Radiation-Protective Agents; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays / Q000009:adverse effects*
D011837:Radiation-Protective Agents