eMJA: Ocular sequelae of vitamin A deficiency

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Ocular sequelae of vitamin A deficiency

Sunil Karande and Sujit Jagtap

MJA 2008; 188 (5): 308

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An 8-year-old boy with marasmus presented with poor vision. His right eye had a staphyloma and his left eye a leukoma. He was totally blind in the right eye. His visual acuity in the left eye was only perception of light. Corneal transplantation for his left eye has been planned. The right eye will be enucleated and an ocular prosthesis implanted.

Richard T Le Mesurier

Commentary

Although it is no longer common in Australian Aboriginal communities, malnutrition still occurs in isolated areas. In Australia, keratomalacia of the degree shown here would be exceptional.1

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