title: [High-altitude retinopathy].
abstract: METHODS
  This case report presents a 36 year-old male with a sudden loss of vision while taking part in an expedition in the Daulaghiri (8,167 metres high peak located in the Himalayan Mountain Range).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  High altitude retinal haemorrhage is a common condition in those mountaineers who reach altitudes over 5,500m. Depending on its location it may not present any symptoms and the condition improves with no further complications. However, in case of macular involvement the vision decreases dramatically and the consequences are uncertain.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Oftalmología,Mutua de Accidentes de Zaragoza (MAZ), Zaragoza, España. alvaflama@yahoo.es
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Pardiñas Barón
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Fernández Fernández
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Fondevila Camps
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Giner Muñoz
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ara Báguena
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000532:Altitude Sickness / Q000150:complications*; D005627:Frostbite; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009051:Mountaineering; D012166:Retinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*