This Article  • References  • Full text PDF  • Reply to article  • Send to a friend  • Save in My Folder  • Save to citation manager  • Permissions  Citing Articles  • Citation map  • Citing articles on HighWire  • Citing articles on Web of Science (7)  • Contact me when this article is cited  Related Content  • Similar articles in this journal  Social Bookmarking   What's this?

Lance S. Ferguson, MD; Miles J. Burke, MD; Earl A. Choromokos, FOPS

Arch Ophthalmol. 1985;103(1):66-67.

Abstract
• We recently examined three family members with acute carbon monoxide intoxication resulting from a single accidental exposure—a stepfather with a normal fundus, a mother with scattered superficial retinal hemorrhages, and her child with multiple large subinternal limiting membrane hemorrhages, peripapillary hemorrhages, severe venous tortuosity, and disc edema. All three had comparable carboxyhemoglobin levels and no evidence of hypertension, diabetes, or anemia. The different fundus presentations illustrated the variable clinical manifestations of carbon monoxide retinopathy. Early detection could prevent a lethal outcome.

Author Affiliations
From the Department of Ophthalmology, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, and the Division of Ophthalmology, Children's Hospital and Medical Center, Cincinnati.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication Sept 4, 1984.

Reprints not available.

CiteULike    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    Twitter     What's this?

THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN CITED BY OTHER ARTICLES

Carbon monoxide poisoning and the eye
Denniston
JRSM 2001;94:425-426.
FULL TEXT