Lemagne, Jean-Michel
[UCL]
Michiels, X
Van Causenbroeck, S
Snyers, Bernadette
[UCL]
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.
Bibliographic reference |
Lemagne, Jean-Michel ; Michiels, X ; Van Causenbroeck, S ; Snyers, Bernadette. Purtscher-like retinopathy after retrobulbar anesthesia.. In: Ophthalmology, Vol. 97, no. 7, p. 859-61 (1990) |
Permanent URL |
http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/24758 |