Bilateral loss of vision in severe preeclampsia case

D. G. Popa, C. M. , A. Nicolcescu, D. Barascu, L. Novac

Abstract: We present a very rare case of a patient with dramatic temporary and bilateral loss of vision secondary to severe preeclampsia. In this study, we present the clinical evolution of a pregnant woman in her 27th week of her second gestation developing severe preeclampsia complicated with temporary blindness. Her visual acuity was recovered slowly after several weeks of treatment although generally, in this cases vision is usually regained in a period of 4 hours to 8 days postpartum. Pregnancies complicated with preeclampsia must benefit of a multidisciplinary treatment and it must be noticed that visual disorders in a pregnant woman may be the first symptoms of this disease.
Keywords: blindness, pregnancy, preeclampsia, reversible