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Retinal arteriolar obstruction with progestogen treatment of threatened abortion
Paolo Lanzetta1, Sabrina Crovato, Angelo Pirracchio
1Department of Opthalmology, University of Udine, Udine, Italy. paolo.lanzetta@dsc.uniud.it
Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica
|December 18, 2002
Abstract
Purpose:
To describe a case of a retinal arteriolar occlusion associated with progestogen treatment of threatened abortion.
Methods:
Case report.
Results:
A 30-year-old woman who had received a 2-week course of high dose intramuscular progestogen for a threatened abortion presented with a paracentral scotoma in her right eye and occlusion of a small arteriole adjacent to the macula. There were no major subsequent variations in haemostasis and pre-existing systemic diseases were excluded.
Conclusions:
Retinal arteriolar occlusion may be associated with high dose progestogen-only therapy in pregnant women.