Abstract |
We report the case of a 28-year-old man with decreased visual acuity after closed head trauma sustained in a motor vehicle accident 16 weeks earlier. Several structures thought to be associated with the control of accommodation were injured. The patient had a persistent accommodative spasm causing up to 7.0 diopters of pseudomyopia. We present the patient's progress through the clinic, including manifest and cycloplegic refractions and results of a trial with atropine drops, and successful transition to bilateral pseudophakia 2 years and 9 months after the accident.
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Authors | Catherine J McMurray, Celeste D Burley, Mark J Elder |
Journal | Journal of cataract and refractive surgery
(J Cataract Refract Surg)
Vol. 30
Issue 12
Pg. 2629-31
(Dec 2004)
ISSN: 0886-3350 [Print] United States |
PMID | 15617937
(Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
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Topics |
- Accidents, Traffic
- Accommodation, Ocular
- Adult
- Head Injuries, Closed
(complications)
- Humans
- Lens, Crystalline
(surgery)
- Male
- Muscle Spasticity
(etiology, surgery)
- Myopia
(etiology, surgery)
- Oculomotor Muscles
(surgery)
- Phacoemulsification
- Spasm
(etiology, surgery)
- Vision Disorders
(etiology, surgery)
- Visual Acuity
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