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Permanent Partial Blindness in the Puerperium An Unusual Manifestation of Cerebral Vascular Accident in Pregnancy
Author(s) -
Ilancheran A.,
Bharatham G.,
Ratnam S. S.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.734
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1479-828X
pISSN - 0004-8666
DOI - 10.1111/j.1479-828x.1988.tb01645.x
Subject(s) - medicine , cortical blindness , pregnancy , blindness , complication , gestation , proteinuria , pediatrics , obstetrics , surgery , optometry , genetics , biology , kidney
EDITORIAL COMMENT: This well documented case of cerebral infarction during the puerperium causing permanent partial blindness was accepted for publication because of its unique interest. There is no message regarding prevention; the patient did not have cardiovascular risk factors and the single episode of hypertension and proteinuria at 38 weeks' gestation seems quite unrelated to the complication which occurred 2 weeks after delivery.