title: Perthes syndrome associated with bilateral optic disc edema.
abstract: METHODS
  Perthes syndrome, or traumatic asphyxia syndrome, results from a severe crush injury of the thorax. It manifests itself with facial and upper chest petechiae, subconjunctival hemorrhages, cervical cyanosis, and occasionally neurological symptoms. A patient who had been incarcerated under a block of marble presented with severe traumatic asphyxia syndrome complicated by pulmonary contusion, fractures of the right clavicle and the 8th and 9th ribs, minimal right hemothorax, liver contusion, and bilateral optic disc edema.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  To our knowledge, we present the first case of Perthes syndrome with bilateral optic disc edema.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Afyon Kocatepe University School of Medicine, Turkey. hesme@aku.edu.tr
authors.forename: Hidir
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Esme
authors.forename: Okan
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Solak
authors.forename: Yusuf
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yurumez
authors.forename: Samet
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ermis
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yaman
authors.forename: Fatma
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Fidan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001237:Asphyxia / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010211:Papilledema / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D013577:Syndrome; D013898:Thoracic Injuries / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D015599:Trauma Severity Indices; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging