DR. APEKSHA KATARIA

DR. SHREYA SHAH, DR. MEHUL SHAH

Abstract

INTRODUCTION- PURTSCHER RETINOPATHY IS DESCRIBED AS A CHORIORETINOPATHY ASSOCIATED WITH INDIRECT TRAUMA, NON-OCULAR INJURY, ASSOCIATED WITH A CONSTELLATION OF RETINAL FINDINGS INCLUDING COTTON-WOOL SPOTS, RETINAL HEMORRHAGES, OPTIC DISC OEDEMA, AND PURTSCHER FLECKEN (AREAS OF INNER RETINAL WHITENING).

CASE PRESENTATION- PRESENTING A CASE OF 51 YEAR MALE WITH HISTORY OF DIMINISHED VISION IN BOTH HIS EYES AFTER AN INCIDENT OF HEAD TRAUMA BY STEEL PILLAR 1.5MONTHS BACK. EXAMINATION REVEALED MACULAR HEMORRHAGE IN HIS RIGHT EYE AND MACULAR SCARRING IN HIS LEFT EYE. PATIENT WAS GIVEN SUBTENONS INJECTION TRIAMCINOLONE ACETATE AND SYSTEMIC STEROIDS POST WHICH THE PATIENT IMPROVED IN HIS RIGHT EYE

CONCLUSION- THIS CASE ILLUSTRATES AN IMPROVED VISUAL OUTCOME POSSIBLE IN AN ADULT WITH PURTSCHER RETINOPATHY USING SUBTENONS STEROID ALONG WITH SYSTEMIC STEROIDS.