Two Cases of Electric Cataract with Maculopathy.

Oh, Jean Seok; Lee, Eun Koo; Lee, Kyung Wha

Case Report

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 1991;32(9):820-824.
Published online September 1, 1991.

Two Cases of Electric Cataract with Maculopathy.

Jean Seok Oh, Eun Koo Lee, Kyung Wha Lee

Department of Ophthalmolgy, Han Gang Sacred Heart Hospital, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Korea.

황반부 손상을 동반한 전기성 백내장 2 예

오진석(Jean Seok Oh),이은구(Eun Koo Lee),이경화(Kyung Wha Lee)

Abstract

Catatracts are an infrequent but well-known complication of electrical injury, remains poorly understood. We report two cases of electric cataract with maculopathy experienced recently. The first case was a 58-year-old man who had exposed to 22000 voltage current and sustained third degree, 15% burn. 54th day after burn, the lenticular changes showed total opacity of both eyes and the intraocular pressure of left eye was 28 mmHg. 65th day after burn, extracapsular cataract extraction with posterior chamber lens implantation on left eye was performed. After the operation, naked vision was 1.0, but hard exudates were showed in macular area. The second case was a 23-year-old man who had exposed to 54000 voltage current and sustained third degree, 20% burn. 82th day after burn, the lenticular changes showed moderate opacities in the anterior and posterior subcapsular area of both eyes. 137th day after burn, extracapsular cataract extraction with posterior chamber lens implantation on right eye was performed. The final corrected visual acuity was 0.5 on 7th week after the operation due to lamellar macular hole.

Key Words: Electric burn;Electric cataract and maculopathy