A Case of Purtcher's Disease.

Lee, Jang Woo; Chung, Soo Ja

Case Report

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 1969;10(4):41-44.

A Case of Purtcher's Disease.

Jang Woo Lee, Soo Ja Chung

Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, Yonsei University, Korea.

원달성 (遠達姓) 망막손상 (( Purtcher ) 씨병 (氏病) 의 (網膜損傷) 1예 (例)

홍순각(Soon Kak Hong),이장우(Jang Woo Lee),정수자(Soo Ja Chung)

Abstract

The traumatic retinopathy of Purtcher, traumatic liporrhagia retinae or traumatic retinal angiopathy, which has long been known to follow accidents, which is supposed to be caused by fat embolism due to particularly those involving extensive crushing or fractures in various part of the body, not from direct injuries of the eye. Ophthalmological reports on such conditions are rare. Recently we experienced a case of Purtscher's disease in which 52 year old male patient was first admitted in orthopedic department with anterior iliac crest bone fracture, left 6th-7th ribs fractures and pneumo thorax by being pinned down under about 2 tons weights at a casting factory, Accordingly, we report here a case of traumatic retinopathy of Purtcher with literature.