Citation

Grabe HM, Zacks DN. Retin. Cases Brief Rep. 2009; 3(4): 369-371.

Affiliation

From the Kellogg Eye Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2009, Wolters Kluwer)

DOI

10.1097/ICB.0b013e3181780935

PMID

25389850

Abstract

PURPOSE:: To describe a case of Purtscher-like retinopathy following seat belt compression of the chest in a motor vehicle accident.

METHODS:: Case report.

RESULTS:: A 53-year-old woman developed Purtscher-like retinopathy following compression of the chest by her seat belt in a motor vehicle accident. Observation was recommended, and on follow-up examination at 8 weeks her vision, fluorescein angiography, and optical coherence tomography had returned to baseline.

CONCLUSION:: Seat belts may produce chest compression to induce a Purtscher-like retinopathy in varying degrees associated with the severity of the accident and subsequent compressive forces of the seat belt.

Language: en