Bilateral Retinal Detachment in a Pediatric Patient.
Arthritis
/ complications
Child
Connective Tissue Diseases
/ complications
Emergency Service, Hospital
/ organization & administration
Hearing Loss, Sensorineural
/ complications
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
/ methods
Male
Pediatrics
/ methods
Retinal Detachment
/ complications
Vision Disorders
/ diagnosis
emergency medicine
ocular
ophthalmology
pediatric
retinal detachment
vision
Journal
The Journal of emergency medicine
ISSN: 0736-4679
Titre abrégé: J Emerg Med
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 8412174
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Apr 2019
Apr 2019
Historique:
received:
03
08
2018
revised:
10
12
2018
accepted:
24
12
2018
pubmed:
4
3
2019
medline:
31
7
2019
entrez:
4
3
2019
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Pediatric retinal detachments occur rarely, and thus may be easily missed. Without treatment, this condition leads to permanent vision loss. Patients with Stickler syndrome, an inherited disorder of collagen synthesis, are more likely to have retinal detachments than the general population. We present a case of a 9-year-old boy who presented to the Emergency Department with blurry vision, and who was subsequently diagnosed with bilateral retinal detachments. The patient underwent successful operative intervention. He was eventually determined to have Stickler syndrome. WHY SHOULD AN EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN BE AWARE OF THIS?: It is important for emergency physicians to recognize pediatric visual problems such as retinal detachment, as their presentations may be unusual, and delay of definitive care could result in lifelong visual impairment.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
Pediatric retinal detachments occur rarely, and thus may be easily missed. Without treatment, this condition leads to permanent vision loss. Patients with Stickler syndrome, an inherited disorder of collagen synthesis, are more likely to have retinal detachments than the general population.
CASE REPORT
METHODS
We present a case of a 9-year-old boy who presented to the Emergency Department with blurry vision, and who was subsequently diagnosed with bilateral retinal detachments. The patient underwent successful operative intervention. He was eventually determined to have Stickler syndrome. WHY SHOULD AN EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN BE AWARE OF THIS?: It is important for emergency physicians to recognize pediatric visual problems such as retinal detachment, as their presentations may be unusual, and delay of definitive care could result in lifelong visual impairment.
Identifiants
pubmed: 30826081
pii: S0736-4679(18)31224-1
doi: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2018.12.031
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Case Reports
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
e55-e57Informations de copyright
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