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Medicina y Seguridad del Trabajo
On-line version ISSN 1989-7790Print version ISSN 0465-546X
Abstract
ESCOBAR, José Juan; SANZ-GALLEN, Pere; NOGUE, Santiago and UNA-GOROSPE, Mikel. Chronic bilateral maculopathy in a welder. Med. segur. trab. [online]. 2014, vol.60, n.235, pp.470-474. ISSN 1989-7790. https://dx.doi.org/10.4321/S0465-546X2014000200015.
A case of chronic bilateral maculopathy is provided in a welder working in a small workshop. Consult a Department of Ophthalmology because for several months has vision loss. The diagnosis is mainly done through retinography, images of autofluorescence and optical coherence tomography. Principal cases described in the literature are discussed. Preventive measures should be implemented to prevent the incidence of cases like this are also described.
Keywords : Bilateral maculopathy; Welder; Ultraviolet Radiation; Occupational Disease.