1. Sudden loss of vision: Purtscher retinopathy in multiple myeloma
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Joel F. Gradowski, Amit Nautiyal, Angus Jameson, Bernard H. Doft, Feiyu Hong, and G. Amescua
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Male ,Best corrected visual acuity ,Practice ,medicine.medical_specialty ,genetic structures ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,business.industry ,MEDLINE ,General Medicine ,Middle Aged ,Blindness ,medicine.disease ,Fluorescein angiography ,eye diseases ,Surgery ,Retinal Diseases ,Ophthalmology ,medicine ,Humans ,Fluorescein Angiography ,Multiple Myeloma ,business ,Multiple myeloma ,Retinopathy - Abstract
A 53-year-old man presented with acute, severe loss of vision in both eyes. Three days earlier, he had noticed a painless deterioration of his vision, which had progressed until he could no longer read a newspaper using either eye. On examination, the patient’s best corrected visual acuity was 20/
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- 2009
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