Abstract
Purtscher's retinopathy was first described by Otmar Purtscher in 1910 as a syndrome of multiple, white retinal patches, superficial retinal hemorrhages, and papillitis occurring in five patients with severe head trauma [11]. He originally named this condition angiopathia retinae traumatica and hypothesized that white, superficial retinal patches were lymphatic extravasations caused by a sudden increase in intracranial pressure secondary to massive head trauma.
Original language | English (US) |
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Title of host publication | Retinal Vascular Disease |
Publisher | Springer Berlin Heidelberg |
Pages | 592-612 |
Number of pages | 21 |
ISBN (Print) | 9783540295419 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2007 |
Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Medicine