Corneal Opacity in a Participant of a 161-km Mountain Bike Race at High Altitude

Visual dysfunction is a relatively uncommon complaint among athletes during ultraendurance races. The pathophysiology of most of these cases is unknown. Corneal opacity has been speculated as the etiology for most of reported cases. We are presenting a case of a 56-year-old man with a partial unilat...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Wilderness & environmental medicine 2016-06, Vol.27 (2), p.274-276
Main Authors: Khodaee, Morteza, Torres, David R.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acclimatization
Altitude
Bicycling
blurred vision
corneal edema
Corneal Opacity - etiology
Emergency
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
ultraendurance
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:Visual dysfunction is a relatively uncommon complaint among athletes during ultraendurance races. The pathophysiology of most of these cases is unknown. Corneal opacity has been speculated as the etiology for most of reported cases. We are presenting a case of a 56-year-old man with a partial unilateral corneal opacity and edema at kilometer 150 of a 161-km mountain bike race in high altitude. He was not able to finish the race (12-hour cutoff) because of his visual symptoms. He completely recovered in 3 days with no sequelae.
ISSN:1080-6032
1545-1534
DOI:10.1016/j.wem.2016.02.002