[Purtscher's retinopathy and acute alcoholic pancreatitis]

Rev Esp Enferm Dig. 1996 Jul;88(7):513-5.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

We report the case of a 27-year-old man with alcoholic acute pancreatitis, who developed an acute loss of visual acuity; a bilateral Purtscher's retinopathy, a rare complication of acute pancreatitis, was confirmed by ophthalmoscopy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Pancreatitis, Alcoholic / complications*
  • Retinal Diseases / etiology*
  • Retinal Hemorrhage / etiology
  • Vision Disorders / etiology
  • Visual Acuity