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Aim: In this study, we aimed to investigate the ophthalmological findings in the patients hospitalized and treated for a diagnosis of preeclampsia during last 5 years in Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Yuzuncu Yil University. Material-Methods: Records of 193 patients hospitalized due to preeclampsia and consulted Ophthalmology Department between September 2005 and 2010 were searched retrospectively. We could find 148 of those. Results: The most common complaints were headache, epigastric pain, blurred vision. The ophthalmological findings of 98 patients were assessed as normal while 50 of those were pathologic. Hypertensive retinopathy, bilateral, right and left retinal detachment were detected in 24,4,3,1 of 50 patients who had pathological ophtalmologic findings, respectively. Conclusion: Findings of retinal detachment, hypertensive retinopathy and hemorrhage may be detected in patients independent of severity of preeclampsia while maculopathy and macular edema might be found more often in the patients with severe preeclampsia. Key Words: preeclampsia, ophtalmological findings, retinal detachment

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