Cilioretinal artery occlusion associated with oral contraceptives.
Visual acuity in a 17-year-old girl who took norethindrone with mestranol (Ortho-Novum) for eight months decreased to 6/9 (20/30) in the left eye. Ophthalmoscopically, retinal edema was temporal to the disk and white plaques were in each of two branches of cilioretinal artery. A superior centrocecal scotoma corresponding to the area of edema was present. After the patient discontinued use of the drug, visual acuity improved to 6/6 (20/20).
D000293:Adolescent; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D003276:Contraceptives, Oral / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004487:Edema / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D006801:Humans; D012161:Retinal Artery; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D014792:Visual Acuity
D003276:Contraceptives, Oral