title: Sequels of Purtscher's retinopathy imaged by enhanced optical coherence tomography.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report the optical coherence tomography (OCT) findings in a case of Purtscher's retinopathy.
  
  
  METHODS
  Enhanced optical coherence tomography, fundus photography, multifocal electroretinography.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A 27-years-old female parachutist demonstrated outer retinal opacification with small intraretinal hemorrhages and corresponding binocular pericentric ring scotomata one day after suffering an unusually abrupt arrest of a free fall upon the unfolding of her parachute. When seen 20 years later, the scotomata were unchanged and optical coherence tomography showed bilateral disorganization at the transition between the retinal photoreceptor outer segments and the retinal pigment epithelium plus attenuation of the outer nuclear layer.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our observations document that the long term sequels of Purtscher's retinopathy are located in the outer segments of the photoreceptors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Glostrup Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. waelsoliman73@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Wael
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Soliman
authors.forename: Nathalie
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Zibrandtsen
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Jørgensen
authors.forename: Birgit
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sander
authors.forename: Poul-Helge
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Alsbirk
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Larsen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001359:Aviation; D004596:Electroretinography; D005260:Female; D005654:Fundus Oculi; D006801:Humans; D020419:Photoreceptor Cells, Vertebrate / Q000473:pathology; D010857:Pigment Epithelium of Eye / Q000473:pathology; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*; D012607:Scotoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D013898:Thoracic Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence; D058609:Visual Field Tests; D014794:Visual Fields