Chandana Chakraborti, Swati Mazumder.
Electrical Injury and Ocular Complications: A Case Report.
Pak J Ophthalmol Jan ;31(1):51-3.

High voltage electrical injury may result in various ocular complications. These are particularly more common if the injury occurs over scalp. Electrical injury induced cataract is usually bilateral though cases of unilateral cataract have also been reported. We report a case of high voltage electrical injury in a 60 years old male resulting in anisocoria, iritis, bilateral cataract and optic atrophy. Patient underwent manual small incision cataract surgery (MSICS) with posterior chamber intraocular lens implantation in both eyes with poor visual recovery. Fundoscopy revealed bilateral optic atrophy. This case highlights that in spite of a good extracapsular cataract extraction with intraocular lens implantation, the final visual outcome will depend on other ocular damage due to electric current.

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