title: [Visual improvement of an amblyopic eye in an adult patient after visual loss in the non-amblyopic eye].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Augenklinik, Kantonsspital St. Gallen. Dora.Lengyel@kssg.ch
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lengyel
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Valmaggia
mesh_terms: 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