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Purtscher-like retinopathy after retrobulbar anesthesia
- Source :
- Ophthalmology. 97(7)
- Publication Year :
- 1990
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Abstract
- A Purtscher-like retinopathy occurred in a 41-year-old woman who underwent the excision of a pterygium after a retrobulbar injection of 3 ml of lidocaine HCl. Visual acuity increased from 20/200 on the first postoperative day to 20/25, 12 weeks later. The exudates and the hemorrhages progressively disappeared. However, a relative, localized, paracentral scotoma and an afferent pupil defect still persist. The pathophysiology of this Purtscher-like retinopathy is discussed.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
Visual acuity
genetic structures
Lidocaine
Fundus Oculi
Eye disease
Visual Acuity
Pterygium
Pupil
Postoperative Complications
Retinal Diseases
Pupil Disorders
Ophthalmology
medicine
Humans
Local anesthesia
Fluorescein Angiography
Scotoma
Pterygium (conjunctiva)
business.industry
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
Prognosis
eye diseases
Surgery
Purtscher's retinopathy
Female
sense organs
medicine.symptom
Visual Fields
business
Retinopathy
medicine.drug
Anesthesia, Local
Follow-Up Studies
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 01616420
- Volume :
- 97
- Issue :
- 7
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Ophthalmology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....91fe7375f77a91d03c83fe6b2154c240