Acute pancreatitis presenting as seizures and blindness.
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.
Rajasekaran
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Institute of Internal Medicine, Madras Medical College & Government General Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
Aravind
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Subburaghavalu
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Amarnath
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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*