Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 1980;21(4):579-583.
Published online April 1, 1980.
A Case of Beta ray (Sr90) Irradiation Cataract.
Jae Chan Kim, Ho Kyun Cho
Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine Chungang University, Seoul Korea.
β(Sr90) - 선에 의한 백내장 1례
조호균(Ho Kyun Cho),김재찬(Jae Chan Kim)
Abstract
It is to report a clinical experience of a case of irradiation cataract following the period of 5 years post-operative pterygium on 59 years old man. As the occurrence of irradiation cataract is generally with long latent period and the clinical and histopathological features of the Beta ray cataract is similar to the remainder categories of opacities, it is important that condition of history of irradiation and characteristic localization of the lenticular opacity are noteworthy in which the dosage of total radiation, age, exposure time, treated area and method of treatment are much influencing.


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