title: [Retinopathy associated with acute pancreatitis].
abstract: Purtscher's retinopathy is a retinal lesion associated with different diseases such as cardiac aneurism, thoracic compression, bone fractures, post-trauma, pancreatitis and eclampsia. It consists in the appearance of white patches and retinal hemorrhage encircling an apparently normal optic disk. There is some controversy about its pathogenesis, but a probable cause for the development of this affection might be leukocyte emboli activated by complement. We present the case of a patient who developed a Purtscher's like retinopathy while he was being treated for pancreatitis.
authors.affiliation: Fundación Oftalmológica Argentina Jorge Malbrán, Buenos Aires.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: D'Alessandro
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mejía
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Malbrán
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Karol
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D011379:Prognosis; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*
vernacular_title: Retinopatía asociada a pancreatitis aguda.