Protein S deficiency and bilateral branch retinal artery occlusion

Ophthalmology. 1991 Jan;98(1):33-4. doi: 10.1016/s0161-6420(91)32355-8.

Abstract

A macular branch retinal artery occlusion developed in the right eye of a 25-year-old woman when she was 38 weeks pregnant. She subsequently presented 5 days postpartum with a branch retinal artery occlusion in her left eye. Although her initial work-up did not reveal a source for her occlusions, subsequent studies have documented a deficiency of protein S.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
  • Female
  • Fluorescein Angiography
  • Fundus Oculi
  • Glycoproteins / deficiency*
  • Humans
  • Pregnancy
  • Protein S
  • Retinal Artery Occlusion / etiology*

Substances

  • Glycoproteins
  • Protein S