Title: Reversible Night Blindness in an Adult – A Case Report
Authors: Tharini S, Naresh Babu
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.18535/jmscr/v4i10.113
Vitamin A deficiency is rare in adults, still rarer is the fundus changes due to it. We report a case of 55 years old male with post gastric bypass surgery status, presenting with defective distant vision for 2 years whom on investigation revealed fundus changes, defective colour vision, abnormalities in OCT and ERG and low serum retinol levels who was treated successfully with Vitamin A therapy. 1. Ocular manifestations of vitamin a defici-ency-G. Venkataswamy Department Of Ophthalmology, Madurai Medical College, Madurai, India . Brit. J. Ophthal. (1967) 51, 854. 2. Sommer A, Sugana T, Djunaedi E, Green R. Vitamin A responsive panocularxerop-hthalmia in a healthy adult. Arch Ophthalmol 1978;96:1630–1634 3. Marsha A. Apushkin, MD, Gerald A. Fishman, MD. Improvement in visual function and fundus findings for a patient with vitaminA deficient retinopathy. Retina. The Journal of Retinal and Vitreous diseases 2005 Vol 25 Number 4. Genead M. Fishman G. Lindeman M. Fundus white spots and acquired night blindness due to vitamin A deficiency. Doc Ophthalmol 2009;119:229–233. 5. Lee, W. Hamiton S, Harris J, Schwab I. Ocular Complication of Hypovitaminosis A after Bariatric Surgery. Ophthalmology 2005;112:1031-1034. 6. World Health Organization. Management of severe malnutrition: a manual for physicians and other senior health workers. 1999:17-18Abstract
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