Chorioretinal atrophy after electrical injury.
A 26-year-old-man who had suffered a severe electrical injury 3 years previously presented with blurred vision in his left eye caused by a posterior subcapsular cataract with nuclear sclerotic changes and peripapillary chorioretinal scarring. The pattern of retinal atrophy surrounding the optic nerve suggests a possible path of electrical current to the eye and demonstrates the selective tissuedamage that may occur in electrical injuries.
Department of Ophthalmology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, Colorado.
Gregory J
GJ
Zablocki
Curtis L
CL
Hagedorn