TY - JOUR
T1 - Ocular changes from electrical burn injurie
T2 - A literature review and report of cases
AU - Boozalis, G. T.
AU - Purdue, G. F.
AU - Hunt, J. L.
AU - McCulley, James P
PY - 1991
Y1 - 1991
N2 - One hundred fifty-nine consecutive patients with high-voltage burns were retrospectively reviewed to determine the ocular sequelae of these injuries. Five patients had ophthalmic changes (two had recurrent iritis, eight had cataracts, two had macular holes, and one had central retinal artery occlusion). All four patients with cataractous changes had characteristic anterior subcapsular opacifications, except for one patient who presented with a dense white opacified lens. All had bilateral lenticular changes in which the denser cataract developed earlier than the contact wound and ipsilateral to it. Central retinal artery occlusion has not been previously reported as a complication of electrical burns. Macular holes, formerly believed to be rare in these injuries, were found in two of the five patients. Ocular complications from electrical burn injuries are uncommon. Although a number of these ocular changes occur immediately after injury, many of the visually imparing changes develop days and even years after a severe electrical burn injury; thus, careful follow-up is mandated.
AB - One hundred fifty-nine consecutive patients with high-voltage burns were retrospectively reviewed to determine the ocular sequelae of these injuries. Five patients had ophthalmic changes (two had recurrent iritis, eight had cataracts, two had macular holes, and one had central retinal artery occlusion). All four patients with cataractous changes had characteristic anterior subcapsular opacifications, except for one patient who presented with a dense white opacified lens. All had bilateral lenticular changes in which the denser cataract developed earlier than the contact wound and ipsilateral to it. Central retinal artery occlusion has not been previously reported as a complication of electrical burns. Macular holes, formerly believed to be rare in these injuries, were found in two of the five patients. Ocular complications from electrical burn injuries are uncommon. Although a number of these ocular changes occur immediately after injury, many of the visually imparing changes develop days and even years after a severe electrical burn injury; thus, careful follow-up is mandated.
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U2 - 10.1097/00004630-199109000-00012
DO - 10.1097/00004630-199109000-00012
M3 - Article
C2 - 1752881
AN - SCOPUS:0025950017
SN - 0273-8481
VL - 12
SP - 458
EP - 462
JO - Journal of Burn Care and Rehabilitation
JF - Journal of Burn Care and Rehabilitation
IS - 5
ER -