Alleviating debilitating photophobia and secondary exotropia caused by increased straylight by widening a small posterior capsulotomy.
In a patient with complaints of photophobia and an ocular deviation, straylight was found to be increased to 1.61 (log[s]), which is 5 times the normal value. The only relative clinical finding was the edge of a too small posterior capsulotomy. Visual acuity was normal. Six weeks after the posterior capsulotomy was widened to a diameter of 6.0 mm with a neodymium:YAG laser, the symptoms were resolved and the patient was satisfied. Straylight may manifest clinically as complaints of photophobia. Straylight increase, which can be related to slitlamp findings, may lead to an interventional decision. Our clinical decision-making was also guided by straylight measurements and proved to be crucial in resolving the patient's complaints. More study of clinical situations in which straylight measurement can be used is needed.
Retina Total Eye Care, Driebergen, The Netherlands. r.lapid@amc.nl
Ruth
R
Lapid-Gortzak
Ivanka J E
IJ
van der Meulen
Carla P
CP
Nieuwendaal
Tom J T P
TJ
van den Berg
D000368:Aged; D004948:Esotropia / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D019466:Glare / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D053685:Laser Therapy; D053844:Lasers, Solid-State; D008027:Light / Q000009:adverse effects*; D013508:Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D020795:Photophobia / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D057852:Posterior Capsule of the Lens / Q000601:surgery*; D012542:Scattering, Radiation; D016896:Treatment Outcome