False regarding Mercuria lentis:
Mercuria lentis is a feature of hydrargyrism also known as chronic mercury poisoning. Some other features are :- 1. Tremor- hatter's shakes/ glass blower shakes/ Danbury tremor 2. Acrodynia/ pink's disease 3. Mercurilentis is due to exposure of mercurial vapours in which vapours deposits over anterior lens capsule . On slit lamp examination malt brown reflex is seen. It is bilateral and it doesn't affects the vision. 4.Mercurial erethism- mad hatter 5.Minamata disease due to consumption of fish containing methyl mercury.
Brownish deposit of mercury on anterior lens capsule
Slit lamp examination shows malt brown reflex
Due to the exposure of mercurial vapours
It is bilateral & affects the visual acuity
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