317471

Purtscher Like Retinopathy Secondary to HELLP Syndrome: A Case Report

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Last updated: 05 Jan 2025

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Purtscher like retinopathy is a rare ocular condition with a clinical appearance similar to Purtscher retinopathy, without any history of trauma. It presents with acute vision loss in the presence of some underlying disease with retinal hemorrhages present within the posterior pole of the eye on ophthalmic examination. We present a case of a 28-year lady gravida 1 para 1 referred to our tertiary care ophthalmology service with chief complaints of sudden loss of vision in both eyes. She was a known case of pregnancy induced hypertension at 32+1 weeks and was on 3 weekly follow up with her gynecologist when she was found to have a blood pressure of 210/130 mmHg. She was admitted to the high dependency unit (HDU). Based on examination findings and clinical presentation she was diagnosed as a case of Purtscher Like Retinopathy. On serial exams her retinal thickening resolved and her visual acuity improved to 6/9 unaided in both eyes at 4 weeks. The condition appears to be self-limiting and patients often recover from visual loss without any particular ophthalmic intervention.

DOI

10.21608/ejomos.2023.171779.1074

Keywords

Optical Coherence Tomography, Flame-shaped hemorrhages, Macular star, purschter flecken

Authors

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Taimoor

Last Name

Khan

MiddleName

Ashraf

Affiliation

National University of Medical Sciences

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taimoorashraf2950@gmail.com

City

Rawalpindi

Orcid

0000-0001-9592-3454

First Name

Talha

Last Name

Liaqat

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-

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National University of Medical Sciences

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tliaqat15@gmail.com

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0000-0002-0869-2115

First Name

Mohammad

Last Name

Mehboob

MiddleName

Asim

Affiliation

National University of Medical Sciences

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asimmehboob@gmail.com

City

Rawalpindi

Orcid

-

First Name

Asfandyar

Last Name

Khan

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

National University of Medical Sciences

Email

asfand692@yahoo.com

City

Rawalpindi

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First Name

Ahsan

Last Name

Mukhtar

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-

Affiliation

National University of Medical Sciences

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ahsan529@yahoo.co.uk

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Rawalpindi

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3

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3

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43511

Issue Date

2023-09-01

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2022-11-02

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2023-09-01

Page Start

169

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173

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2735-4644

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2735-5012

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Egyptian Journal of Ophthalmology, (Mansoura Ophthalmic Center)

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Purtscher Like Retinopathy Secondary to HELLP Syndrome: A Case Report

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28 Dec 2024