One Operated Case of Diabetic Cataract Induced by RH-787 Intoxication.

Shin, Dong Min; Hwang, Young Ja; Kim, Byoung Ho; Shim, Wan Seop; Kim, Young Keon

Case Report

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 1980;21(3):369-371.
Published online March 1, 1980.

One Operated Case of Diabetic Cataract Induced by RH-787 Intoxication.

Dong Min Shin, Young Ja Hwang, Byoung Ho Kim, Wan Seop Shim, Young Keon Kim

¹Department of Ophthalmology, Chungnam National University, School of Medicine, Korea.
²Department of Internal Medicine, Chungnam National Univenity, School of Medicine, Korea.

RH - 787 중독에 의해 유발된 당뇨병성 백내장 수술 1예

심완섭(Wan Seop Shim),황영자(Young Ja Hwang),김병호(Byung Ho Kim),신동민(Dong Min Shin),김영건(Young Keon Kim)

Abstract

A new rodenticide, RH-787, made in Rhom and Hass co. was introduced in this country because it was known relatively harmless to human and beasts. But many internists found that RH-787 induces diabetes in human after accidental ingestions. The effects of RH-787 on various organ are still controversial but the associaton of RH-787 with diabetes is now recognized through the clinical and experimental studies. The cataract is not infrequently seen in juvenile diabetics of several years' duration. In the case to be reported, the cataract was appeared more rapidly within about 2 years after known diabetes due to RH-787 intoxication than usual diabetic cataracts, and the visual results were good after bilateral extracapsular lens extractions with peripheral iridectomy, without any complication.