Affiliation:
1. Department of Retina and Uvea, Sadguru Netra Chikitsalaya, Chitrakoot, Madhya Pradesh, India
Abstract
A 16-year-old male presented with a diminution of vision after 1 month of lightning injury. Fundus examination showed inferior retinal detachment with multiple sieve-like breaks. After pars plana vitrectomy, he developed mutton fat keratic precipitates and anterior segment inflammation. Sieve-like breaks and mutton-fat keratic precipitates (MF-KPs) led to the diagnostic dilemma of viral etiology. The patient responded well to treatment with steroids and antivirals, showing good visual recovery after silicone oil removal. Lightning strike injury–related retinal detachment can rarely mimic an acute retinal necrosis (ARN)-related retinal detachment (RD).