PURTSCHERS-RETINOPATHY ASSOCIATED WITH MANDIBULAR FRACTURE - A CASE-REPORT

Authors
PELED M RUBIN A PIKKEL J LAUFER D
Citation
M. Peled et al., PURTSCHERS-RETINOPATHY ASSOCIATED WITH MANDIBULAR FRACTURE - A CASE-REPORT, The journal of trauma, injury, infection, and critical care, 40(1), 1996, pp. 141-143
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Emergency Medicine & Critical Care
Journal title
The journal of trauma, injury, infection, and critical care → ACNP
Volume
40
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
141 - 143
Database
ISI
SICI code
Abstract
This report describes irreversible deterioration of vision after Purts cher's retinopathy associated with a fractured mandible. This rare phe nomenon will be discussed, its literature will be reviewed, and its po ssible etiology will be suggested.