title: Electrical cataract: a case study.
abstract: A case of bilateral cataract sustained after electrical trauma was seen in a referral practice. We examined a young patient with dense anterior and posterior subcapsular cataract in his right eye and pseudophakia in his left eye who gave a history of gradually progressive painless loss of vision after sustaining injury from a high voltage electric current. Extracapsular cataract extraction (ECCE) with posterior chamber intraocular lens (PCIOL) implantation was performed in his right eye. Visual rehabilitation in both eyes after ECCE with PCIOL implantation was good with the patient attaining uncorrected visual acuity of 20/30 in both eyes postoperatively. It appears that the surgical results and visual rehabilitation after ECCE with PCIOL implantation in patients with electrical cataract without any other ocular damage is excellent.
authors.affiliation: Guru Nanak Eye Centre, Maulana Azad Medical College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Zia
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Chaudhuri
authors.forename: Pramod K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Pandey
authors.forename: Amit
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bhatia
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002058:Burns, Electric / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D002386:Cataract / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D002387:Cataract Extraction; D005126:Eye Burns / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D019654:Lens Implantation, Intraocular; D007908:Lens, Crystalline / Q000473:pathology / Q000528:radiation effects*; D008297:Male; D014792:Visual Acuity