Acute pancreatitis may involve remote organ systems, including the eye. Funduscopy may reveal in these rare cases presence of a typical ischemic retinopathy, similar to that diagnosed after severe traumas, known as the Purtscher's retinopathy. Pathogenesis of retinopathy in alcoholic retinopathy remains controversial: occurrence of fat embolism or leucothrombosis is discussed in the literature. The outcome of ischemic retinopathy in acute alcoholic pancreatitis is variable. Although there is no specific available treatment, its diagnosis may allow appropriate diagnosis of the causal disease when the general signs are not present.
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BMJ Case Rep
January 2025
Ophthalmology, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Puducherry, India.
Coats-like response refers to a condition where abnormal telangiectatic retinal vessels and aneurysms associated with subretinal exudation are seen in the setting of other ocular or systemic diseases. So far, it has been described with various ocular disorders like retinitis pigmentosa, chronic ischemic branch retinal vein obstruction and pars planitis. A man in his 30s presented with a 1-month history of diminution of vision in the left eye.
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