Purtcher Like Retinopathy Complicating Acute Pancreatitis: Rare Case
Mounir Bouali, Othmane El Yamine, Meriem Essakhi, Issam Hamrerras, Abdelillah E. l. Bakouri, Fatimazahra Bensardi, Khalid E. l. Hattabi, Abdelaziz Fadil
International Research Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology · pp. 70–74 · Published 21 Apr 2020
Abstract
Acute pancreatitis is an inflammatory process in the pancreas that can affect other distant organs. Ophthalmologic involvement in particular Ischemic retinopathy known as "Purtscher" during acute pancreatitis has been exceptionally associated, Purtscher retinopathy is a retinal vasculopathy most commonly caused by head or chesttrauma. The most frequent signs include white ischemic infarcts (cotton-wool spots) and retinal hemorrhages (intraretinal, preretinal, or flame). The signs of ischemic vasculopathy predominate in the interpapillomacular zone. Pathophysiology is not yet fully understood and no treatment has proven effective to date. We report a case of a 48-year-old woman with sudden bilateral loss of vision caused by Purtscher retinopathy in acute pancreatitis.
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