Purtscher Retinopathy Following Compressive Chest Trauma: A Case Report

Purtscher retinopathy (PR) is an occlusive vasculopathy of the retinal microvasculature that classically presents 24-48 hours after compressive chest trauma. Symptoms vary from mild to severe acute visual loss. Characteristic findings on fundus examination such as Purtscher flecken, cotton wool spot...

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Autores principales: Khan, Taimoor A, Mehboob, Mohammad A, Liaqat, Talha, Zahid, Muhammad A, Bhatti, Saad H
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Internal Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10382187/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37519538
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.41100
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author Khan, Taimoor A
Mehboob, Mohammad A
Liaqat, Talha
Zahid, Muhammad A
Bhatti, Saad H
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description Purtscher retinopathy (PR) is an occlusive vasculopathy of the retinal microvasculature that classically presents 24-48 hours after compressive chest trauma. Symptoms vary from mild to severe acute visual loss. Characteristic findings on fundus examination such as Purtscher flecken, cotton wool spots, and retinal hemorrhages may also be found. Here, we discuss a case of Purtscher retinopathy due to compressive chest trauma.
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spelling pubmed-103821872023-07-29 Purtscher Retinopathy Following Compressive Chest Trauma: A Case Report Khan, Taimoor A Mehboob, Mohammad A Liaqat, Talha Zahid, Muhammad A Bhatti, Saad H Cureus Internal Medicine Purtscher retinopathy (PR) is an occlusive vasculopathy of the retinal microvasculature that classically presents 24-48 hours after compressive chest trauma. Symptoms vary from mild to severe acute visual loss. Characteristic findings on fundus examination such as Purtscher flecken, cotton wool spots, and retinal hemorrhages may also be found. Here, we discuss a case of Purtscher retinopathy due to compressive chest trauma. Cureus 2023-06-28 /pmc/articles/PMC10382187/ /pubmed/37519538 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.41100 Text en Copyright © 2023, Khan et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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title_full Purtscher Retinopathy Following Compressive Chest Trauma: A Case Report
title_fullStr Purtscher Retinopathy Following Compressive Chest Trauma: A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed Purtscher Retinopathy Following Compressive Chest Trauma: A Case Report
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10382187/
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