[Retinopathy associated with acute pancreatitis].
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.
D'Alessandro
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Fundación Oftalmológica Argentina Jorge Malbrán, Buenos Aires.
Mejía
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Malbrán
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Karol
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D000208:Acute Disease; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D011379:Prognosis; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*
Retinopatía asociada a pancreatitis aguda.