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Unilateral superior ophthalmic vein thrombosis in a user of oral contraceptives
1Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur.
The Medical Journal of Malaysia
|December 1, 1994
Abstract:
A patient on oral contraceptives over several years developed unilateral proptosis, haemorrhagic retinopathy and increase in intraocular pressure. An orbital vein venogram confirmed the diagnosis of right superior ophthalmic vein thrombosis. There was complete resolution of thrombosis and eye signs and symptoms with discontinuation of the oral contraceptive.