Photic retinopathy from the operating room microscope.
Photic retinopathy was produced in two patients after a 60-minute exposure to light from an operating room microscope (Zeiss OpMi 6). The first patient had a blind eye with clear (phakic) media and a normal-appearing retina. A 60-minute exposure produced an oval gray lesion in the posterior pole at the level of the pigment epithelium. With an ultraviolet-400 filter added for a second exposure, a second lesion was produced. The second patient received a 60-minute exposure (without an ultraviolet filter) 72 hours before enucleation for a malignant melanoma. This produced photic retinopathy that resulted in a slight decrease in central visual acuity and a dense paracentral scotoma. This conclusively establishes a cause-and-effect relationship between exposure to the light from an operating room microscope and a retinal lesion in the human eye.
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D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008027:Light / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008853:Microscopy; D008875:Middle Aged; D009873:Operating Rooms; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000209:etiology*