Bilateral exudative retinal detachment in a patient with early onset severe preeclampsia

Bindiya Gupta; Nilanchali Singh; Vinod Kumar; Shalini Rajaram; Neerja Goel

doi:10.1016/j.preghy.2014.09.001

Bilateral exudative retinal detachment in a patient with early onset severe preeclampsia

Pregnancy Hypertens. 2014 Oct;4(4):253-4. doi: 10.1016/j.preghy.2014.09.001. Epub 2014 Sep 27.

Authors

Bindiya Gupta¹, Nilanchali Singh², Vinod Kumar³, Shalini Rajaram¹, Neerja Goel¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, University College of Medical Sciences & Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, Dilshad Garden, 110047 New Delhi, India.
² Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, University College of Medical Sciences & Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, Dilshad Garden, 110047 New Delhi, India. Electronic address: nilanchalisingh@gmail.com.
³ Department of Opthalmology, University College of Medical Sciences & Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, Dilshad Garden, 110047 New Delhi, India.

PMID: 26104812
DOI: 10.1016/j.preghy.2014.09.001

Abstract

This article describes a rare case of early onset severe preeclampsia presenting with loss of vision in both eyes due to retinal detachment. Retinal detachment has been mainly reported in late onset preeclampsia unlike in this case. Though, some authors believe that occurrence of maternal retinal detachment in cases of preeclampsia has no prognostic implication to the fetus, in this case, presence of retinal detachment was associated with foetal demise.

Keywords: Bilateral; Early; Preeclampsia; Retinal detachment.