DOI: 10.36347/sjmcr.2013.v01i03.010

Pages: 85-87

Retinal detachment is an rare but it is a known complication of hypertensive disorder in pregnancy. It has affected 0.2–2% of patients with severe preeclampsia and 0.9% of patients with HELLP syndrome. We present a case of the female who had experienced bilateral sudden painless blurring of vision post Caesarean Section which was done at 32 weeks. She also had severe throbbing headache post section .After investigating the case we revealed that it was bilateral retinal detachment due to hypertensive disorder of pregnancy. In conclusion, bilateral, serous, nonrhegmatogenous retinal detachment is a rare complication of toxaemia of pregnancy. In the vast majority of the cases the detachment occurs concomitantly with hypertensive retinopathy