title: Bilateral maculopathy following electrical burn: case report.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Electrical burns are an important etiology in dealing with patients suffering from burns. In situations of extensive deep lesions of multiple organs and systems affecting young and economically active people, there is a need for expensive multidisciplinary treatment, with a high socioeconomic cost for the community. Among the permanent injuries that explain this high cost, eye injuries stand out, since they are widely disabling. Although rare, lesions of the posterior segment of the eye are associated with higher incidence of major sequelae, and thus deserve special attention for dissemination and discussion of the few cases observed.
  
  
  METHODS
  The authors report the case of a patient who suffered high-voltage electrical burns and presented bilateral maculopathy, which evolved with a need for a surgical approach to repair retinal detachment and permanent low visual acuity.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This report highlights the rarity of the etiology of maculopathy and the need for campaigns for prevention not only of burns in general, but also especially of electrical burns.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Leandro Dario
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Faustino
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Ramon Antunes
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Oliveira
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Andrea Fernandes
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Oliveira
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Eduardo Büchelle
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Rodrigues
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Nilva Simeren Diego
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Moraes
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Lydia Masako
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Ferreira
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002058:Burns, Electric / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D004556:Electric Injuries / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000150:complications; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014792:Visual Acuity