Purtscher-like retinopathy associated with pancreatic adenocarcinoma.
OBJECTIVE
To investigate a case of Purtscher-like retinopathy that occurred in association with pancreatic adenocarcinoma.


METHODS
Case report.


RESULTS
A 63-year-old woman presented with multiple gray patches in the central vision of both eyes. Visual acuity was 20/20 in both eyes. Funduscopy showed large peripapillary yellow-white patches within the superficial retina and small superficial retinal hemorrhages in both eyes. The patient subsequently had abdominal pain. Computed tomography of the abdomen demonstrated a large pancreatic mass with extension into the liver. Histologic examination of a percutaneous needle biopsy specimen showed mucinous pancreatic adenocarcinoma.


CONCLUSIONS
Pancreatic adenocarcinoma should be added to the list of systemic diseases that can be associated with Purtscher-like retinopathy.
Tabandeh
H
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Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Miami School of Medicine, Florida 33136, USA.
Rosenfeld
P J
PJ
Alexandrakis
G
G
Kronish
J P
JP
Chaudhry
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D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D005654:Fundus Oculi; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed