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Volume 353:e6 August 18, 2005 Number 7
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Central Serous Chorioretinopathy in Pregnancy

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A 32-year-old black woman who was seven months pregnant presented with a three-day history of blurring and greenish discoloration of her central vision in the left eye. Visual acuity was 20/70 in the affected eye. After dilation of the pupil, ophthalmoscopic examination revealed a large, serous macular detachment (Panel A, arrow) with central white subretinal exudates (arrowhead). A horizontally oriented optical coherence tomograph of the macula demonstrated both the serous subretinal fluid (Panel B, right-hand arrow) and the area of subretinal exudates (arrowhead). Cystoid changes were also seen within the retina overlying the area of subretinal exudates (Panel B, left-hand . . . [Full Text of this Article]

 



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