title: [Eye injuries caused by an eclipse of the sun].
abstract: Two patients with macula damage following sungazing are reported. Visual acuity was damaged, gentle central scotoma in automated perimetry (Octopus) was presented same as lower A wave in ERG and small macular hyperfluorescency in fluorescein angiography. Funduscopy findings were macular changes similar to macular semirupture. In one month all pathologic symptoms disappeared. The only safe prevention is that by Mylar folia that completely prevent eye injury from sungazing.
authors.affiliation: Institut za fiziologiju i biohemiju, Medicinski fakultet Univerziteta u Sarajevu.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sefić-Kasumović
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Firdus
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Alimanović
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ljaljević
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sefić
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005131:Eye Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D006801:Humans; D008266:Macula Lutea / Q000293:injuries*; D008297:Male; D011832:Radiation Injuries; D012607:Scotoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D019445:Solar Activity; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays / Q000009:adverse effects
vernacular_title: Ostećenja oka kod pomracenja sunca.