Unilateral, Isolated, Paediatric Lightning-Induced Cataract: A Case Report
A six-year-old girl presented with gradual loss of vision in the left eye a year after sustaining a lightning strike while in her home. Examination revealed healed burns to her cheek, left arm, and right leg and a dense left cataract. There was no evidence of other ocular sequelae, and her right eye...
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| description | A six-year-old girl presented with gradual loss of vision in the left eye a year after sustaining a lightning strike while in her home. Examination revealed healed burns to her cheek, left arm, and right leg and a dense left cataract. There was no evidence of other ocular sequelae, and her right eye was normal. Cataract surgery and lens implantation were performed on the left eye with good results. Isolated, unilateral, paediatric cataract due to lightning is discussed. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-a60d5e1d8a244a199cf6f807e2b18efa2025-08-20T03:20:00ZengWileyCase Reports in Ophthalmological Medicine2090-67222090-67302011-01-01201110.1155/2011/724395724395Unilateral, Isolated, Paediatric Lightning-Induced Cataract: A Case ReportG. J. Rogers0R. Grotte1Division of Ophthalmology, Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital and the University of Cape Town, Klipfontein Road, Rondebosch, Cape Town 7700, South AfricaDivision of Ophthalmology, Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital and the University of Cape Town, Klipfontein Road, Rondebosch, Cape Town 7700, South AfricaA six-year-old girl presented with gradual loss of vision in the left eye a year after sustaining a lightning strike while in her home. Examination revealed healed burns to her cheek, left arm, and right leg and a dense left cataract. There was no evidence of other ocular sequelae, and her right eye was normal. Cataract surgery and lens implantation were performed on the left eye with good results. Isolated, unilateral, paediatric cataract due to lightning is discussed.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/724395 |
| spellingShingle | G. J. Rogers R. Grotte Unilateral, Isolated, Paediatric Lightning-Induced Cataract: A Case Report Case Reports in Ophthalmological Medicine |
| title | Unilateral, Isolated, Paediatric Lightning-Induced Cataract: A Case Report |
| title_full | Unilateral, Isolated, Paediatric Lightning-Induced Cataract: A Case Report |
| title_fullStr | Unilateral, Isolated, Paediatric Lightning-Induced Cataract: A Case Report |
| title_full_unstemmed | Unilateral, Isolated, Paediatric Lightning-Induced Cataract: A Case Report |
| title_short | Unilateral, Isolated, Paediatric Lightning-Induced Cataract: A Case Report |
| title_sort | unilateral isolated paediatric lightning induced cataract a case report |
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