Abstract
We report the case of an 18-year-old male who developed both nutritional amblyopia and night blindness. After nearly a lifetime of consuming a bizarre diet limited to French fries, pretzels, crackers, and carbonated sodas, he had a relatively sudden onset of night blindness and bilateral visual loss. The night blindness resolved after taking daily oral vitamin A supplements. Visual acuity gradually improved from light perception, both eyes, to 20/20 right eye and 20/25 left eye after multivitamin supplementation and vitamin B12 injections. The patient had bilateral optic atrophy and bilateral ring scotomas around a small area of fixation. The patient was unable to modify his diet despite professional advice and counseling.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 389-391 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Case Reports in Ophthalmology |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2012 |
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Keywords
- B complex vitamins
- Night blindness
- Nutritional amblyopia
- Vitamin A
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Ophthalmology
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Nutritional amblyopia combined with night blindness. / Nguyen, Angeline M.; Campbell, Ashley; Semba, Richard David.
In: Case Reports in Ophthalmology, Vol. 3, No. 3, 2012, p. 389-391.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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