Traumatic myopia; an ultrasonographic and clinical study.
Three patients with transient myopia following blunt injury are described with the aid of serial ultrasonography. The cause of refractive change is an increase in the anteroposterior thickness of the crystalline lens, which probably results from oedema of the ciliary body.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009216:Myopia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014792:Visual Acuity; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications*