Purtscher’s retinopathy in one and sixth nerve palsy in the other eye following head trauma

Purtscher’s retinopathy and sixth nerve palsy are often seen following head trauma. However, both are rarely seen coexisting together in the same patient. We present a rare case of both these entities occurring simultaneously in opposite eyes of the same patient following head trauma.

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Autores principales: Shah, Virna M., Gawas, Gauresh
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6450042/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30984509
http://dx.doi.org/10.3205/oc000098
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spelling pubmed-64500422019-04-12 Purtscher’s retinopathy in one and sixth nerve palsy in the other eye following head trauma Shah, Virna M. Gawas, Gauresh GMS Ophthalmol Cases Article Purtscher’s retinopathy and sixth nerve palsy are often seen following head trauma. However, both are rarely seen coexisting together in the same patient. We present a rare case of both these entities occurring simultaneously in opposite eyes of the same patient following head trauma. German Medical Science GMS Publishing House 2019-03-29 /pmc/articles/PMC6450042/ /pubmed/30984509 http://dx.doi.org/10.3205/oc000098 Text en Copyright © 2019 Shah et al. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License. See license information at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
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Purtscher’s retinopathy in one and sixth nerve palsy in the other eye following head trauma
title Purtscher’s retinopathy in one and sixth nerve palsy in the other eye following head trauma
title_full Purtscher’s retinopathy in one and sixth nerve palsy in the other eye following head trauma
title_fullStr Purtscher’s retinopathy in one and sixth nerve palsy in the other eye following head trauma
title_full_unstemmed Purtscher’s retinopathy in one and sixth nerve palsy in the other eye following head trauma
title_short Purtscher’s retinopathy in one and sixth nerve palsy in the other eye following head trauma
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6450042/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30984509
http://dx.doi.org/10.3205/oc000098
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