A Case of Retinal Hemorrhage after Climbing the Himalaya Mountains.

Cho, Yong Su; Koh, Hyoung Jun; Kim, Soon Hyun; Lee, Sung Chul; Kwon, Oh Woong

Original Article

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 2001;42(1):203-207.
Published online January 1, 2001.

A Case of Retinal Hemorrhage after Climbing the Himalaya Mountains.

Yong Su Cho, Hyoung Jun Koh, Soon Hyun Kim, Sung Chul Lee, Oh Woong Kwon

¹Department of Ophthalmology, Pochon CHA University, Korea.
²Department of Ophthalmology,Yonsei University College of Medicine, Korea.

히말라야 등반 후 생긴 망막출혈 1 례

권오웅(Oh Woong Kwon),고형준(Hyoung Jun Koh),조용수(Yong Su Cho),김순현(Soon Hyun Kim),이성철(Sung Chul Lee)

Abstract

High altitude exposure may produce multiple symptoms of mountain sickness. A 27-year-old man presented with metamorphopsia in his left eye which occurred following climbing the Himalaya Mountains. His best corrected visual acuity was right eye, 0.9 and left eye, 0.3. Ophthalmoscopy disclosed retinal hemorrhages in both eyes and a subfoveal hemorrhage in left eye. Fluorescein angiography showed blockage of fluorescence caused by retinal hemorrhages. Indocyanin green angiography showed no hot spot. One month later, best corrected visual acuity of his left eye was 0.4 and the degree of metamorphopsia decreased. Thus we report the case of mountain sickness who showed retinal hemorrhage and subfoveal hemorrhage with a review of available literatures.

Key Words: High altitude;Mountain sickness;Retinal hemorrhage