title: Unilateral loss of vision following snakebite.
abstract: A 14- year-old boy presented at the outpatients' department with the complaint of visual loss in the right eye of 1 1/2 months duration. He had the history of snakebite for which he was admitted to hospital. The diminution of vision started next day after snakebite. On examination, he had no perception of light in his right eye. USG B scan showed vitreous haemorrhage in his right eye. He was given IV methylpredinisolone. At follow-up after one month he still had no perception of light in his right eye with the haemorrhage in the vitreous subsided.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Regional Institute of Ophthalmology, Kolkata.
authors.forename: Asim Kumar
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Ghosh
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bhaduri
authors.forename: Ajoy D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Sarkar
authors.forename: L K
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Mondal
authors.forename: Aniruddha
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Maiti
authors.forename: Vishal
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kishore
authors.forename: Abhijit
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Datta
authors.forename: Soumen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chanda
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001766:Blindness / Q000209:etiology*; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008775:Methylprednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012909:Snake Bites / Q000150:complications*; D014823:Vitreous Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology
chemical_list: D005938:Glucocorticoids; D008775:Methylprednisolone