A Case of Purtcher's Disease

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.