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Figure 1. A 27-year-old woman was hospitalized during her first pregnancy because of preeclampsia at 38 weeks of gestation. Her blood pressure was 160/100 mm Hg, and she had ankle edema and proteinuria. Oliguria soon developed, and a cesarean section was performed. Blurring of the vision in both eyes developed one day later. The visual acuity was 20/30 in each eye. The pupils were equal and responsive. Ophthalmoscopy revealed scattered, yellowish, opaque lesions of the retinal pigment epithelium deep within the retina of both eyes, predominantly in the peripapillary regions (arrows in Panel A). The optic disks and retinal . . . [Full Text of this Article] |
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