title: [Retinal detachment in preeclampsia: a series of three cases].
abstract: Three Afro-Caribbean women presented with a decreased visual acuity associated with preeclampsia during the third trimester of pregnancy. Fundus examination exhibited a serous retinal detachment (SRD). Postpartum fluorescein and indocyanine green angiography indicated subretinal leakage induced by choroidal ischemia. The three patients had an improvement of their visual acuity to 20/20 within 2 to 3 months of the onset of symptoms. Fundus exam and fluorescein angiography showed no further abnormality. SRD in preeclampsia may have an impressive acute presentation but seems to resolve favorably spontaneously without intervention, upon delivery. Nevertheless, SRD must be considered to be a sign of imminent worsening of preeclampsia.
authors.affiliation: Service d'ophtalmologie, hôpital Pierre-Zobda-Quitman, centre hospitalier universitaire de Fort-de-France, BP 632, 97261 Fort-de-France cedex, Martinique. rabih.hage@gmail.com
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hage
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gouhier
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jean-Charles
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Donnio
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Merle
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D044383:Black People; D005260:Female; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D006801:Humans; D011225:Pre-Eclampsia / Q000175:diagnosis; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014900:West Indies; D055815:Young Adult