J Korean Ophthalmol Soc.  1971 Sep;12(3):131-133.

A Case of Electric Catarct

• Hur DO

Abstract

A case of the electric cataract is presented in a 27-year-old Korean man, who after having received the lighthning stroke on the right half of his head, had developed gradually decrease of the visual acuity. Ocular findings on 13 month after the accident disclosed dust-like opacity in the posterior capaular and subcapsular region of the both lenses, and slight punctate opacity in the anterior subcapsular area. These findings were more pronounced in the right. The visual acuity and tonometric examination revealed 0.06 (OD), 0.5 (OS) and 17.3mmHg(OB). The extracapsular lens extraction was done for the right eye and three weeks later the correction of the vision obtained was 20/25 (Sph. + 10.0 D).

MeSH Terms

Adult
Cataract
Head
Humans
Stroke
Visual Acuity