Sudden bilateral visual loss in a diabetic man.
This is a report of a case of the development of acute bilateral cataracts in a diabetic patient. A 28-year-old man presented to the emergency room with a 4-day history of acutely diminished vision. The patient had a recent history of hyperglycemia. On examination, vision was noted to be count-fingers bilaterally; both lenses were intumescent with dense cortical opacities. After 4 weeks, the cataracts had not resolved and cataract extraction surgery was performed, with improvement of the patient's vision. A review of the mechanism of this infrequent presentation of cataract is presented.
Florkowski
Aaron R
AR
University of Missouri-Kansas City , Kansas City, Missouri 64108, USA.
Golden
Richard
R
Sooch
Yadavinder
Y
Krishna
Rohit
R
D000328:Adult; D001766:Blindness / Q000209:etiology*; D002386:Cataract / Q000150:complications*; D002387:Cataract Extraction; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male