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¹M.D. Toros State Hospital, Eye Clinic, Mersin/TURKEY
²M.D. Asistant Professor, Mersin University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology, Mersin/TURKEY
³M.D. Asistant, Mersin University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology, Mersin/TURKEY
⁴M.D. Osmaniye State Hospital, Eye Clinic, Osmaniye/TURKEY
⁵M.D. Professor, Mersin University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology, Mersin/TURKEY 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. Keywords : Vision loss, malignant hypertension, child, chronic renal failure