Contraception and ocular thromboembolic episodes - a case report

The aim of the paper is to warn of the retinal vein occlusion possibility due to the using of hormonal contraceptive pills in young female patients. A case report of 22 years old female patient hospitalized at the Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic, E.U., with sudden decrease of the left eye visual acuity is presented. After excluding other causes of visual acuity decrease, the diagnosis of prethrombotic state was made and anticoagulant treatment was started. Key words: optic disc edema, prethrombotic state, retinal vein occlusion, visual acuity decrease, hormonal contraception.

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2013

Erschienen:

2013

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:69

Enthalten in:

Ceska a slovenska oftalmologie : casopis Ceske oftalmologicke spolecnosti a Slovenske oftalmologicke spolecnosti - 69(2013), 2 vom: 22. Juni, Seite 87-90

Sprache:

Tschechisch

Weiterer Titel:

Kontracepce a oční trombembolické příhody

Beteiligte Personen:

Matušková, V [VerfasserIn]
Vysloužilová, D [VerfasserIn]
Vlková, E [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

Case Reports
Contraceptive Agents, Female
Journal Article

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 27.10.2015

Date Revised 02.12.2018

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM230212573