Two Cases of Photic Retinopathy by Excessive Exposure to Light of Sun and Operating Microscope.

Shin, Jun Woo; Kim, Yeong Hoon; Kim, So Youl

Case Report

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 2001;42(9):1362-1366.
Published online September 1, 2001.

Two Cases of Photic Retinopathy by Excessive Exposure to Light of Sun and Operating Microscope.

Jun Woo Shin, Yeong Hoon Kim, So Youl Kim

Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, St. Paul's Hospitial, Seoul, Korea.

햇빛과 수술현미경 조명에 의한 광독성 망막증 2 예

김영훈(Yeong Hoon Kim),김소열(So Youl Kim),신준우(Jun Woo Shin)

Abstract

PURPOSE
To report two cases of photic retinopathy induced by excessive exposure to sunlight and operation microscope during cataract surgery. METHODS: Two cases of photic retinopathy(case 1: a 33 year old woman exposed to excessive sun light, case 2: a 66 year old woman exposed to direct operating microscope during cataract surgery) were followed and observed with visual acuity, fundus examination and fluorescein angiography without specific treatment. RESULTS: In both cases, best corrected visual acuity was improved to 1.0 and central scotoma decreased significantly.

Key Words: Operating microscpoe;Photic retinopathy;Sunlight