Choroidal vascular abnormality in Purtscher's retinopathy shown by indocyanine green angiography.
OBJECTIVE
To report choroidal vascular abnormality in unilateral Purtscher's retinopathy.


METHODS
Fluorescein angiography and indocyanine green angiography with a scanning laser ophthalmoscope were used to examine a 19-year-old man four days, three months, and five months after sustaining an injury in a car accident.


RESULTS
Indocyanine green angiography showed an area of choroidal hypofluorescence that continued to be present up to five months after the accident.


CONCLUSIONS
Choroidal vasculature may be affected in Purtscher's retinopathy. Disorder in the choroidal microcirculation could be an additional cause of the resulting poor vision observed in some patients with Purtscher's retinopathy.
Gomez-Ulla
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Servicio de Oftalmologia, Facultad de Medicina/Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago, Spain.
Fente
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B
Torreiro
M G
MG
Salorio
M S
MS
Gonzalez
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F
D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000328:Adult; D002829:Choroid / Q000098:blood supply*; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D005654:Fundus Oculi; D006801:Humans; D007208:Indocyanine Green; D007834:Lasers; D008297:Male; D019721:Ophthalmoscopes; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D012166:Retinal Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D014792:Visual Acuity
D007208:Indocyanine Green