[High-altitude retinopathy]

Oftalmologia. 2001;53(3):17-20.
[Article in Romanian]

Abstract

High-altitude retinopathy is a very rare ocular disease in our country, which can occur isolately or as a part of high-altitude illness. This paper presents the case of a patient with high-altitude illness and the diagnosis and treatment problems of this case.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Altitude Sickness / complications*
  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents / therapeutic use
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Humans
  • Hydroxyethylrutoside / analogs & derivatives*
  • Hydroxyethylrutoside / therapeutic use
  • Male
  • Prognosis
  • Retinal Diseases / diagnosis
  • Retinal Diseases / drug therapy*
  • Retinal Diseases / etiology*
  • Retinal Diseases / physiopathology
  • Risk Factors
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Vasoconstrictor Agents / therapeutic use
  • Vitamins / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents
  • Hydroxyethylrutoside
  • Vasoconstrictor Agents
  • Vitamins
  • troxerutin