POSTPARTUM CENTRAL RETINAL ARTERY-OCCLUSION SIMULATING PURTSCHERS-RETINOPATHY

Authors
AYAKI M YOKOYAMA N FURUKAWA Y
Citation
M. Ayaki et al., POSTPARTUM CENTRAL RETINAL ARTERY-OCCLUSION SIMULATING PURTSCHERS-RETINOPATHY, Ophthalmologica, 209(1), 1995, pp. 37-39
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Ophthalmology
Journal title
Ophthalmologica → ACNP
ISSN journal
00303755
Volume
209
Issue
1
Year of publication
1995
Pages
37 - 39
Database
ISI
SICI code
0030-3755(1995)209:1<37:PCRASP>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
A 30-year-old woman noticed sudden visual loss in her right eye 3 days after a normal childbirth and without eclampsia during pregnancy. An ophthalmic examination revealed that she had impending central retinal artery occlusion and her right visual acuity was 20/2000, which recov ered to 20/30. A systemic examination showed hypercoagulability and hy perlipidemia but no abnormal findings on brain CT scan and echocardiog raphy. Clinical features of this case were very similar to Purtscher's retinopathy.