Purtscher's retinopathy in acute pancreatitis

Acute pancreatitis may involve remote organ systems, including the eye. Fun duscopy may reveal in these rare cases presence of a typical ischemic retin opathy, similar to that diagnosed after severe traumas, known as the Purtsc her's retinopathy. Pathogenesis of retinopathy in alcoholic retinopathy rem ains controversial: occurrence of fat embolism or leucothrombosis is discus sed in the literature. The outcome of ischemic retinopathy in acute alcoholic pancreatitis is vari able. Although there is no specific available treatment, its diagnosis may allow appropriate diagnosis of the causal disease when the general signs ar e not present.