title: Light-induced maculopathy.
abstract: In this retrospective study of fluorescein angiograms performed between 1991 and 1995, we retrieved 17 eyes (15 patients) with light-induced maculopathy after a cataract extraction and lens implantation. Sixteen eyes underwent non-complicated procedures; 12 extracapsular cataract extractions and 4 phaco-emulsifications. One phaco-emulsification was complicated by a posterior capsular rupture and required an anterior vitrectomy. In 11 eyes the maculopathy was an incidential finding and the lesions were paracentral. In 6 eyes the phototoxic scar was central and the cause of a central scotoma with metamorphopsia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, K.U. Leuven, Belgium.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Schoolmeesters
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Rosselle
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Leys
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Missotten
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002387:Cataract Extraction / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D006801:Humans; D007910:Lenses, Intraocular; D008027:Light / Q000009:adverse effects; D008266:Macula Lutea / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008866:Microsurgery / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies