title: OCT-3 study of serous retinal detachment in a preeclamptic patient.
abstract: We report optical coherence tomography-3 (OCT-3) of retinal disorders in acute preeclampsia. A 33-year-old woman developed mind hypertension (170/90 mm Hg) and proteinuria in the 28th week of pregnancy. The patient complained of sudden and severe visual acuity decrease. Fundus exam showed bilateral serous retinal detachment at the macula area. OCT-3 exam demonstrated subretinal and intraretinal fluid. Bilateral serous retinal detachment is an unusual finding of preeclampsia of unknown aetiology. Intense arteriolar vasospasm has been implicated in the pathogenesis of the serous retinal detachment. OCT-3 showed the presence of both subretinal and intraretinal fluid during the acute phase of preeclampsia.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Ophthalmology, Aristotole University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
authors.forename: Sofia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Androudi
authors.forename: Panagiotis
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ekonomidis
authors.forename: Leila
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kump
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Praidou
authors.forename: Periklis D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Brazitikos
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005654:Fundus Oculi; D006801:Humans; D011225:Pre-Eclampsia; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000175:diagnosis*; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence