Is There a Role for Intravitreal Triamcinolone Acetonide Injection in the Treatment of Purtscher-Like Retinopathy? Report of Two Cases
Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=51842#.VHfSm2fHRK0 Author(s) Hasan Can Doruk , Ali Osman Saatci , Aylin Yaman Affiliation(s) Department of Ophthalmology, Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey . ABSTRACT We hereby described two cases with unilateral Purtscher-like retinopathy. The first case occurred following an uneventful spontaneous vaginal delivery. The second case had no discernable cause despite having meticulous systemic work-up. Both eyes had low presenting visual acuity of hand movements and 20/200 consecutively. We elected to inject 1 mg triamcinolone acetolamide in-travitreally for the treatment. Though, there was some subjective visual and clinica...