title: Acute eclipse retinopathy: a small case series.
abstract: We present four young patients with acute severe solar retinopathy after observation of the total eclipse on January 4, 2011 without appropriate eye protection. Funduscopic findings were accompanied by optical coherence tomography (OCT) investigation of the macula. All our patients were young (range 14-29 years). In three of the four patients we have been able to repeat OCT evaluation revealing that the retinal changes were reversible, but delineating mild pathology in the retinal pigment epithelium and photoreceptors. Best-corrected visual acuity in the fourth case was 6/24. In addition, macular edema, which has been previously described in literature, could not be demonstrated by OCT. In the two cases we performed an early fluorescein angiogram, no pathology was seen.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Soroka University Medical Center, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel.
authors.forename: Nur
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Khatib
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Soroka University Medical Center, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel.
authors.forename: Boris
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Knyazer
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Soroka University Medical Center, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel.
authors.forename: Tova
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lifshitz
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Soroka University Medical Center, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel. Electronic address: ljaime@bgu.ac.il.
authors.forename: Jaime
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Levy
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005584:Fovea Centralis / Q000528:radiation effects; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011832:Radiation Injuries / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D013472:Sunlight / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Angiografía fluoresceínica; Fluorescein angiography; Optical coherence tomography; Pérdida de visión; Retina; Retinopatía solar; Solar retinopathy; Tomografía de coherencia óptica; Visual loss