[Purtscher's retinopathy and acute alcoholic pancreatitis].
We report the case of a 27-year-old man with alcoholic acute pancreatitis, who developed an acute loss of visual acuity; a bilateral Purtscher's retinopathy, a rare complication of acute pancreatitis, was confirmed by ophthalmoscopy.
Suárez Crespo
J F
JF
Servicio de Aparato Digestivo, Hospital Virgen de las Nieves, Granada.
de Teresa Galván
F J
FJ
Sánchez Rico
C
C
González Galilea
A
A
Pinel Julián
L M
LM
Espinosa Aguilar
M D
MD
López de Hierro Ruiz
M
M
D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019512:Pancreatitis, Alcoholic / Q000150:complications*; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D012166:Retinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D014792:Visual Acuity