Papillophlebitis associated with the use of oral contraceptive: a case report

Yucel Ö., GÜNGÖR İ., Gul A., Turgut M., Arıtürk N.

GYNECOLOGICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY, cilt.31, sa.8, ss.601-603, 2015 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 31 Sayı: 8
  • Basım Tarihi: 2015
  • Doi Numarası: 10.3109/09513590.2015.1056139
  • Dergi Adı: GYNECOLOGICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.601-603
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Big blind spot syndrome, ethinyl estradiol-cyproterone acetate, female sex hormone, papillophlebitis, OCCLUSION
  • Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

We present a 20-year-old female patient with papillophlebitis in the right eye. Minimal expansion of the blind spot and nasal peripheral defects in the right eye visual field were detected. The patient was using ethinyl estradiol-cyproterone acetate for ovarian cyst and menstrual irregularity. An improvement in the patient's visual field began within a week after cessation of ethinyl estradiol-cyproterone acetate. Ophthalmoscopic findings resolved completely in the sixth week. This situation suggests that female sex hormones or thromboembolic process caused by them may be responsible for the pathogenesis of papillophlebitis. But the exact mechanism in the pathogenesis of papillophlebitis is still controversial.