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OPHTHALMIC IMAGE |
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Year : 2019 | Volume
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Sunflower cataract in chalcosis bulbi
Richa Agarwal1, Yashpal Goel2, Kamlesh Anand1
1 Guru Nanak Eye Centre, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India 2 Department of Ophthalmology, EyeQ Superspeciality Hospital, New Delhi, India
Date of Web Publication | 21-Dec-2018 |
Correspondence Address: Dr. Richa Agarwal Flat 72, tower-13, Supreme Enclave, Mayur Vihar 1, New Delhi - 110 091 India
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DOI: 10.4103/ijo.IJO_1035_18
How to cite this article: Agarwal R, Goel Y, Anand K. Sunflower cataract in chalcosis bulbi. Indian J Ophthalmol 2019;67:137-8 |
A 30-year-old man presented with low vision in the left eye for last 9 months following trauma with wire. His best-corrected visual acuity was 20/20 in the right eye and 20/200 in the left eye. Slit-lamp examination revealed flower-shaped brown opacities in the anterior and posterior pole of lens in the left eye [Figure 1]a. Yellow–brown granular deposition was seen in deeper layer of cornea (descemets membrane) all along the circumference of the corneoscleral junction suggestive of the Kayser–Fleischer ring [Figure 1]b. Fundus had focal pigmentary changes, chorioretinal atrophy, and a linear refractile foreign body approximately 3 mm long lying on the surface of retina inferotemporally [Figure 1]c. Non-contrast computed tomography (NCCT) scan of orbit revealed a hyperdense speck in vitreous cavity abutting left posterolateral retina s/o foreign body [Figure 1]d. The patient was advised to undergo pars plana viterectomy with foreign body removal and cataract surgery. Sunflower cataract and Kayser–Fleisher ring are classically seen in copper-induced chalcosis bulbi.[1],[2] | Figure 1: Slit-lamp photograph showing sunflower cataract (a), Kayser-Fleischer ring More Details (b), Fundus photograph (c), and non-contrast computed tomography orbit (d) suggestive of intraocular foreign body
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2. | Rao NA, Tso MO, Rosenthal AR. Chalcosis in the human eye. A clinicopathologic study. Arch Ophthalmol 1976;94:1379-84. |
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