title: Acute pancreatitis presenting as seizures and blindness.
abstract: Acute pancreatitis presenting as seizures and blindness, is very rare. Purtscher's retinopathy as the cause of blindness in acute pancreatitis; is not well known and rarely diagnosed condition by physicians. Here we report a case of acute pancreatitis presenting as seizures and Purtscher's retinopathy.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Internal Medicine, Madras Medical College & Government General Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rajasekaran
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Aravind
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Subburaghavalu
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Amarnath
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D001766:Blindness / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019512:Pancreatitis, Alcoholic / Q000150:complications*; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D012640:Seizures / Q000150:complications*