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Three cases with light-induced retinopathy

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Three patients presented a characteristic retinopathy presumbly induced by light arising from operating microscope during extracapsular cataract extraction combined with intraocular lens insertion. The operating microscope was equipped with video-recorder. Light sources were tungsten bulb. All cases were asymptomatic and an inspection at the post-operative control examination led to the detection of this type of retinopathy.

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  1. Department of Ophthalmology, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan

    T. Harada, E. Koizumi, A. Saito, K. Sugita, H. Hisada & S. Awaya

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Harada, T., Koizumi, E., Saito, A. et al. Three cases with light-induced retinopathy. Doc Ophthalmol 69, 11–18 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00154414

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