Findings that shed new light on the possible pathogenesis of a disease or an adverse effect: Central serous chorioretinopathy secondary to childbirth

doi:10.1136/bcr.10.2010.3387

BMJ Case Rep. 2010; 2010: bcr1020103387.

Published online 2010 December 6. doi: 10.1136/bcr.10.2010.3387

PMCID: PMC3027809

Findings that shed new light on the possible pathogenesis of a disease or an adverse effect

Central serous chorioretinopathy secondary to childbirth

Nashila Hirji, Lynda Watt, and Emma Richardson

Ophthalmology Department, Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup, Kent, UK

Correspondence to Dr Nashila Hirji, Email: nashila/at/doctors.org.uk

Abstract

A previously healthy 37-year-old woman presented with decreased vision in the right eye, noted suddenly during childbirth. Fundus examination revealed elevation at the right macula, and optical coherence tomography confirmed central serous chorioretinopathy in the right eye. No intervention was undertaken, and the symptoms and clinical findings resolved spontaneously over 2 months.

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