Reversal of myopic anisometropic amblyopia with occlusion therapy in a 25 year old

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To report a reversal of myopic anisometropic amblyopia with occlusion therapy in a 25 year old. DESIGN: Case report. SETTING: Eye clinic of a University Teaching Hospital in a metropolitan city. PARTICIPANT: an index patient. INTERVENTION: Occlusion therapy. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE: Post occlusion visual acuity. RESULTS: Presenting unaided visual acuity of right eye: 6/6, left eye: 4/60. Refraction result was: right eye: -0.50DS (6/6), left eye: -3.50DS (6/18). Following day time occlusion therapy of at least 6 hours for about 4 weeks, subjective refraction was: right eye: -0.5DS (6/5), left eye: -3.50DS (6/6(+3)). CONCLUSION: The remarkable improvement in vision at age 25 years of a patient with myopic anisometropic amblyopia shows that occlusion therapy might still be useful long after amblyogenic period.