Erythropsial phototoxicity associated with nonultraviolet-filtering intraocular lenses.

Abstract

Four patients with monoocular erythropsia (seeing red) caused by excessive exposure to bright light are presented. Each patient had a nonultraviolet (UV)-filtering intraocular lens (IOL) in the involved eye; the fellow eye was either phakic or had a UV-filtering IOL. Each patient had seen a definite red hue to lights (moon, automobile headlights, etc.) only at night after prior prolonged exposure to high-intensity sunlight and only in the eye with a non-UV-filtering IOL.

• Authors: H M Lawrence, T R Reynolds
• Journal: Journal of cataract and refractive surgery (J Cataract Refract Surg) Vol. 15 Issue 5 Pg. 569-72 (Sep 1989) ISSN: 0886-3350 [Print] United States
• PMID: 2810095 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Radiation-Protective Agents

Topics

• Aged
• Female
• Humans
• Lenses, Intraocular
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Radiation-Protective Agents
• Retinal Diseases (etiology)
• Ultraviolet Rays (adverse effects)