Solar Retinopathy
- 1 October 1984
- journal article
- case report
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Ophthalmology (1950)
- Vol. 102 (10) , 1510-1512
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archopht.1984.01040031230024
Abstract
• Funduscopic examination of two young adults complaining of blurred vision revealed small symmetrical macular lesions suggestive of solar retinopathy. Although both patients had recently looked at the sun for less than one minute, it is common to look at the sun for longer periods (ie, sunsets) without incurring visual symptoms of retinal lesions. Our biophysical analysis revealed the important parameters of solar retinopathy and the minimum exposure to the sun that would produce such lesions. Under ideal optical conditions, solar retinopathy can occur following extremely short observations of the sun.Keywords
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