Eclipse burns: a prospective study of solar retinopathy following the 1999solar eclipse

Authors
Wong, SCK Eke, T Ziakas, NG
Citation
Sck. Wong et al., Eclipse burns: a prospective study of solar retinopathy following the 1999solar eclipse, LANCET, 357(9251), 2001, pp. 199-200
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
General & Internal Medicine","Medical Research General Topics
Journal title
LANCET
ISSN journal
01406736 → ACNP
Volume
357
Issue
9251
Year of publication
2001
Pages
199 - 200
Database
ISI
SICI code
0140-6736(20010120)357:9251<199:EBAPSO>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
Looking at the sun can cause focal burns to the retina. We prospectively fo llowed up all patients who presented to Eye Casualty of Leicester Royal Inf irmary having observed the solar eclipse of August, 1999. 45 patients atten ded, of whom 20 had visual symptoms and five had visible changes in the ret ina; four patients were still symptomatic after 7 months.