J Korean Ophthalmol Soc.
1997 Oct;38(10):1864-1869.
A Case of Solar Retinopathy
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- 1Department of Ophthalmology, Hanil General Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
Abstract
- The damaging effect o flight on the eye has been recognized for centuries. Solar retinopathy is a well-recognized clinical entity of retinal damage caused by direct or indirect exposure to the sun. Symptoms of solar retinopathy include decreased vision, metamorphopsia, micropsia, and central or paracentral scotoma. Typical solar retinopathy presents clinically as a small yellowish-white foveolar lesion. The authors experienced a case of solar retinopathy which occurred in a 25-year-old female on both eyes upon gazing at the sun for 4 hours.
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