Abstract:Introduction:
This is a case of Purtscher-like retinopathy with an unusual etiology of retrobulbar anesthesia, evidenced by optical coherence tomography-angiography (OCT-A) images.
Patient and Clinical Findings:
After cataract surgery with a retrobulbar block, a 65-year-old woman experienced sudden dramatic visual reduction with superficial white retinal patches on fundus examination and corresponding capillary bed infarcts on fluorescein angiography an… Show more
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