Acute Ischemic Optic Neuropathy in Severe Preeclampsia
| Autor: | Roy W. Beck, Gerald Berman, Robin J. Willcourt, John W. Gamel |
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| Rok vydání: | 1980 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Visual acuity medicine.medical_treatment Remission Spontaneous Optic disk Blindness Preeclampsia chemistry.chemical_compound Pre-Eclampsia Pregnancy Seizures Ophthalmology Optic Nerve Diseases medicine Humans Caesarean section reproductive and urinary physiology Cesarean Section business.industry Infant Newborn Retinal Ischemic optic neuropathy medicine.disease female genital diseases and pregnancy complications chemistry Anesthesia Hypertension Female medicine.symptom business Complication |
| Zdroj: | American Journal of Ophthalmology. 90:342-346 |
| ISSN: | 0002-9394 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/s0002-9394(14)74914-1 |
| Popis: | Summary A 32-year-old woman developed bilateral blindness along with severe preeclampsia of pregnancy. Ophthalmoscopic examination disclosed chalky-white optic disks with only minimal changes in the retinal vasculature. After caesarean section, the preeclampsia improved, and complete return of visual acuity occurred during a three-day period. Blindness has rarely been reported as a complication of preeclampsia. In almost all cases it has been associated with severe compromise of the retinal vasculature. Conversely, the ophthalmoscopic findings in our case strongly support acute ischemic optic neuropathy as the cause of blindness. |
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