High-altitude retinopathy and optical coherence tomography findings.
OBJECTIVE
To report the case and OCT findings of a case of high altitude retinopathy (HAR).


METHODS
Case report and review of literature.


RESULTS
HAR is part of the clinical syndrome of high altitude illness, which includes acute mountain sickness and high altitude cerebral edema. A patient presented with decreased vision and HAR after ascending to an elevation of 24,757 feet. Associated optical coherence tomography findings and review of the literature are presented.


CONCLUSIONS
HAR is an important entity to recognize, as it is associated with life-threatening high-altitude cerebral edema.
Seth
Rajeev K
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Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
Adelman
Ron A
RA
D000328:Adult; D000532:Altitude Sickness / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012166:Retinal Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D014792:Visual Acuity / Q000502:physiology