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Purtscher's-like Retinopathy

Purtscher's-like Retinopathy
In collagen vascular disease (here polyarteritis) a coagulopathy may occur with occlusion of small vessels. One sees many cotton-wool spots similar to Purtscher's retinopathy.
Machemer, Robert, M.D., Duke Univ. Medical School, Durham, NC, USA
H36.87
Retina -> Vascular Diseases (see also: Systemic Immunologic Diseases) -> Retinal Vasculitis
retina; immun
2042
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