An elderly lady with blurring of vision.
Year: 2012
Type: article
Study design: Case Report
Abstract: A 64-year-old Malay lady presented to outpatient clinic withcomplaint of progressive painless blurring of vision in botheyes for two years duration. The eye condition currently isnot improving with new glasses. There was presence ofmetamorphopsia (distorted image), but no history of floaters.She is a known case of hypertension and hyperlipidaemiawith good compliance to treatment. Her blood pressure (BP)was 140/80 mmHg at presentation and her random bloodsugar (RBS) was 7.0 mmol/l.On examination, her visual acuity was 6/60 in the right eyeand 6/45 in the left eye. The conjunctiva and cornea werenormal with presence of red reflex in both eyes. Funduscopyexamination for both eyes showed similar findings
Source: Europe PMC (PubMed Central)
Authors: Y Azhany, D Nani, E Zunaina
Institutions: Universiti Sains Malaysia, Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia
Language: English
Subfield: Ophthalmology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2395742553