Serious retinal detachment in severe pre-eclampsia. Two case reports

The serous detachment of the retina is a rare but serious complication of the severe preeclampsia. It's diagnosis rests on the systematic exam of the eye fundus at the time of the stern shapes of preeclampsia and especially at every change of the visual acuteness. Therefore the observed anomalies must be confirmed by the practice of a retina angiography in the following week. The observation of such complication at the pregnant woman must induce the childbirth who is the only efficient treatment to preserve her visual prognosis. Usually the serous detachment of the retina disappears spontaneously in some days but some visual aftermaths can occurs in cases where papillary edema is prolonged or in cases of macular pigmentary migrations. As for foetal prognosis, it's often reserved.