Acute pancreatitis presenting with visual disturbance.
Retinopathy is a rarely recognized complication of acute pancreatitis. We review the literature on this condition and report a case in which the manifestations of retinopathy dominated the clinical picture, initially diverting attention away from the presence of pancreatic disease.
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Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
Chan-Yan
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D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications; D006212:Hallucinations / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000209:etiology*