[Visual improvement of an amblyopic eye in an adult patient after visual loss in the non-amblyopic eye].
BACKGROUND
The sensitive period for a successful amblyopia treatment is limited to the age of 11 to 13 years.


METHODS
We present a 60-year-old patient with complete visual loss on his dominant eye after retinal arterial occlusion. The fellow eye had a known severe amblyopia with a corrected visual acuity of 0.1.


RESULTS
After retinoscopy the patient received a full correction for his amblyopic eye and the vision increased to 0.25. After three months follow-up visual acuity was 0.5 for single optotypes.


CONCLUSIONS
Even in adulthood a attempt at full correction of an amblyopic eye after loss of vision in the dominant eye should be performed for optimising the quality of life.
Lengyel
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Augenklinik, Kantonsspital St. Gallen. Dora.Lengyel@kssg.ch
Valmaggia
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D000550:Amblyopia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D001766:Blindness / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D005139:Eyeglasses; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D020127:Recovery of Function; D016896:Treatment Outcome