Affiliation:
1. Department of Ophthalmology, Royal Victoria Hosptal, Belfast - Northern Ireland
Abstract
Purpose To report a case of pregnancy-related papillophlebitis in a woman with an uncomplicated pregnancy and no identifiable coagulation defect. METHODS Clinical evaluation and fundus photography. Results Spontaneous recovery occurred post-delivery without treatment. CONCLUSIONS Venous thromboembolic events of the eye are a rare complication of pregnancy unless associated with toxemia. This case report of a pregnant patient with papillophlebitis indicates that the natural clinical course of this condition is one of spontaneous resolution and treatment is there fore unnecessary.
Subject
Ophthalmology,General Medicine
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