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¹M.D. Asistant Professor, Dicle University Medical Faculty, Department of Ophthalmology, Diyarbakır/TURKEY
²M.D. Diyarbakır State Hospital, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Diyarbakır/TURKEY
³M.D. Professor, Dicle University Medical Faculty, Department of Ophthalmology, Diyarbakır/TURKEY A case of Valsalva hemorrhagic retinopathy treated with the argon laser is described. A 27-year-old pregnant woman presented with a 3-day history of decreased vision in her left eye. She had a history of retching just before the vision loss. Her visual acuity was counting fingers at 50 cm in the left eye. The dilated fundus examination revealed a large preretinal hemorrhage in the inferior half of the macula. There was no history of systemic or ocular disease, or trauma. Valsalva retinopathy was diagnosed on the basis of the history and the fundus examination. The preretinal hemorrhage was punctuated at its lower margin with an argon laser. One week after treatment her visual acuity had improved to 10/10. Keywords : Pregnant, Valsalva retinopathy, argon laser photocoagulation