Abstract
Medical & Surgical Ophthalmology Research Purtscher's Retinopathy after Airbag Injury, Six month Progression and Sequelae Ridha F*, Chin Loy K, Lopez-Beachamp C and Khan B Department of Ophthalmology, Howard University Hospital, USA *Corresponding author: Faisal Ridha, Department of Ophthalmology, Howard University Hospital, USA, Tel: 202-865-4601; Email: Faisal.ridha@gmail.com Submission: October 26, 2017; Published: November 14, 2017 DOI: 10.31031/MSOR.2017.01.000503 ISSN: 2578-0360 Volume1 Issue1
Highlights
Purtscher’s retinopathy is a microvasculopathy that has been well documented but poorly understood
Seat belt trauma associated with motor vehicle accidents leading to Purtscher’s retinopathy has been reported in several papers
The patient followed up 3 days later complaining of para central scotoma and visual acuity of 20/30 in the right eye
Summary
Purtscher’s retinopathy is a microvasculopathy that has been well documented but poorly understood. Seat belt trauma associated with motor vehicle accidents leading to Purtscher’s retinopathy has been reported in several papers. Only one previous case of Purtscher’s retinopathy associated with traumatic optic neuropathy has been attributed to airbag injury [3,4,5,6,7]. We report a case of a 30 year old male who was the restrained front seat passenger involved in a motor vehicle accident with airbag deployment.
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