Optic Disc Pit Maculopathy Triggered by Childbirth.

Imran Akram; Sereen Fatima

Author(s)

Imran Akram Department of Ophthalmology, St Helens Hospital, Marshalls Cross Road, St Helens, Merseyside WA9 3DA, United Kingdom

Sereen Fatima University Hospital of Plovdiv, Vasil Aprilov 15-A, Plovdiv 4002, Bulgaria

Abstract

We describe a case of a healthy lady with a known optic disc pit who developed serous maculopathy a few hours after childbirth. We believe this is the first published description of a trigger factor responsible for serous macular detachment in eyes known to have a disc pit. She was successfully treated by means of pars plana vitrectomy and gas injection, resulting in slight visual improvement.

Publication Details

Page(s) 725-726

DOI DOI not available

Published Journal: Journal of College of Physicians and Surgeons--Pakistan : JCPSP, Volume: 27, Issue: 11, Year: 2017

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Keywords

Optic disc. Maculopathy. Childbirth. Intracranial pressure.

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