10例 60 Co源辐射事故受照者眼晶状体的随访观察

目的 观察 ⁶⁰Co源辐射事故对受照者眼晶状体的远后效应。方法 对河南省1986年至2000年期间发生的4起⁶⁰Co源辐射事故共10例受照者进行眼晶状体远期医学观察。用复方托吡卡胺充分散瞳后在裂隙灯下检查眼晶状体,记录病变特征。结果 开封事故中"亮"、新乡事故中"梅"分别于照后2、3年出现典型放射性白内障;许昌事故中"许",照后6年出现典型放射性白内障;开封事故中"燕"、郑州事故中"杰"、新乡事故中"天"、"勇"、"义"照后随访观察仅出现双眼晶状体后囊下少量点状、颗粒状浑浊等放射性白内障的初期改变,未观察到典型放射性白内障的形态特点;新乡事故中"旺"、"民"则未观察到晶状体后囊下的浑浊。结论 眼晶状体是辐射事故受照者远期随访观察应重点关注的靶器官。电离辐射致眼晶状体浑浊的发展程度与照射剂量密切相关。

Follow-up observation of eye lens in ten victims accidentally exposed to 60Co radiation source

Objective To observe late effect of ⁶⁰Co radiation accident on eye lens in the victims. Methods Medical observations of eye lens were performed on ten victims accidentally exposed to ⁶⁰Co sources in four radiation accidents that have occurred from 1986 to 2000 in Henan Province. Pathological changes of the eye lenses were examined by using slit lamp microscopy after mydriasis with compound tropicamide. Results Of these ten victims, Liang in a radiation accident in Kaifeng (in 1986), Mei in Xinxiang (in 1999) and Xu in Xuchang (in 2000) all had typical radiation-induced cataract 2, 3 and 6 years after irradiation, respectively. Follow-up observation of the lens showed the punctate and/or granular opacities present in the eye posterior subcapsular of Yan in Kaifeng accident, Jie in Zhengzhou (1987), and Tian, Yong and Yi in Xinxiang accident, featuring the early changes of radiation-induced cataract, but the posterior subcapsular opacities were not observed in Wang and Min in Xinxiang accident. Conclusions Focus should be on the eye lens as the target organ of radiation exposure in long-term follow-up of victims accidentally exposed to radiation source. Severity of the lens opacity induced by ionizing radiation is closely associated with radiation doses.