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Int J Gynaecol Obstet
; 34(2): 127-32, 1991 Feb.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-1671366
ABSTRACT
A retrospective study in two university hospitals investigating retinal changes in pregnancies complicated by hypertension, seldom revealed retinal vascular changes in pre-eclamptic toxemia. Fluorescein angiography was performed on 16 severe pre-eclamptic toxemias and 14 chronic hypertension pregnancies. Normal caliber retinal vessels and normal filling time, with no subretinal or subepithelium leakage, was found in all pre-eclamptic toxemic patients. Four out of the 14 chronic hypertensive patients showed signs of mild hypertensive retinopathy. A review of the literature on fluorescein angiography in pregnancy showed that vascular changes in pre-eclamptic toxemia are choroidal rather than retinal.