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Br J Ophthalmol 81:261-266 doi:10.1136/bjo.81.4.261
  • Original Article
    • Clinical science

A clinical study of radiation cataract formation in adult life following γ irradiation of the lens in early childhood

Table 2

Visual acuity and refraction of the irradiated compared with the fellow eye at follow up with increasing average dose to the lens of the treated side

Case No Dose to the lens (Gy) Visual acuity Refraction
Treated side Untreated side Treated side Untreated side
9 1.05 1.5 1.5 ±0−0.25 100° ±0
10 1.35 1.5 1.5 −3.25 −3.0
11 1.40 1.05 2.00 ±0 ±0
20 2.00 1.5 1.5 −4.75−0.75 145° −3.0−0.75 55°
1 2.19 1.0 1.5 ±0 ±0
2 2.19 1.0 1.5 ±0 +0.5
3 2.56 1.5 1.5 −1.0 −1.75
4 2.92 1.5 1.5 ±0 ±0
16 2.97 1.0 1.5 −0.25 −0.25
5 3.17 1.5 1.5 −1.5 −0.75
17 3.26 1.5 1.5 ±0 ±0
6 3.40 0.2 0.2 −6.0 1.5 40° −7.0 1.5 180°
18 3.84 1.0 1.0 ±0 ±0
7 4.38 1.5 1.5 ±0−0.5  90° ±0−0.5 cyl 90°
8 4.38 1.0 1.0 −0.5 ±0
19 5.34 1.0 1.0 ±0 ±0
14 5.62 1.0 1.0 ±0 ±0
12 5.64 1.0 1.0 −0.5−1.0 130° −0.25
13 6.80 1.0 1.5 ±0 −0.5
15 8.43 1.0 1.0 −0.75−0.75 55° ±0−1.75 175°
  • Tested with best refraction at a distance of 5 metres with a LIC chart with approximate steps of 0.1 log unit. Bilateral, hereditary optic atrophy.

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