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This article describes a case of Purtscher's retinopathy, a syndrome believed to be caused by microembolic infarction of the retina, in a 20-year-old man after remote extraocular trauma. The patient jumped from a 20-meter high building. He suffered multiple crush injuries, but a computed tomographic scan of the brain and orbit was normal. More than 1 month after injury, his visual acuity diminished to light perception in the right eye and counting fingers in the left. The ophthalmoscopic picture was characteristic of Purtscher's retinopathy with cotton-wool exudates and retinal hemorrhages localized to the posterior pole. His vision was improved only slightly 6 months later. Although rare, emergency physicians should be familiar with this entity as a cause of diminished vision associated with extraocular trauma.
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