Levonorgestrel as a Potential Trigger of Acute Bilateral Central Serous Chorioretinopathy: Case Report.

ABSTRACT: This is a first ever report describing a case of acute bilateral central serous chorioretinopathy which developed shortly after the consumption of levonorgestrel as emergency contraception. A 27-year-old female patient visited the emergency department of the clinic due to diminished visual acuity in both eyes. She had taken a single pill of levonorgestrel (1.5 mg) as emergency contraception 2 days prior. Fundus examination showed macular edema. Optical coherence tomography (OCT) revealed serous bilateral detachment of the macular retina. Fluorescein angiography showed a "smokestack" leakage of contrast in the right eye and focal macular leakage in the left eye. Ten days after oral diuretic and topical nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs were prescribed, follow-up examination revealed impr

SUBMITTER: Nemet V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10293936 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature