AI Summary & Key Takeaways
AI InsightMalignant hypertension is a rare disease in childhood and hypertensive retinopathy in these patients is an urgent condition for diagnosing and treating.
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Abstract
A fourteen years old female patient was admitted to our clinic with bilateral vision loss for 3 days. Visual acuity was 20/32 in right eye and 20/640 in left eye. Macular star and optic disk edema were observed in both eyes. Systemic blood pressure was measured as 260/140 mmHg, and diagnosed as hypertensive retinopathy. Malignant hypertension is a rare disease in childhood and hypertensive retinopathy in these patients is an urgent condition for diagnosing and treating.
Özet
On üç yaşında kız hasta her iki gözünde 3 gündür devam eden görme kaybı şikayeti ile kliniğimize başvurdu. Sağ gözdeki görme keskinliği 20/32 iken sol gözde 20/640 idi. Her iki gözde maküler star ve optik disk ödemi izlendi. Sistemik kan basıncı 260/140 mmHg olarak ölçülen hastaya hipertansif retinopati tanısı kondu. Malign hipertansiyon çocukluk çağında oldukça nadirdir ve bu hastalarda hipertansif retinopati tanı ve tedavisi acildir.