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Retinal vein thrombosis associated with a herbal phytoestrogen preparation in a susceptible patient.

Cheong JL, Bucknall R

Rheumatic Diseases Unit, Link 7Z, Royal Liverpool University Hospital NHS Trust, Prescot Road, Liverpool L7 8XP, UK. jelai_cheong@hotmail.com

A 55 year old woman, known to have systemic lupus erythematosus and protein S deficiency, presented with sudden onset of visual loss in the left eye. Three days previously, she took a herbal phytoestrogen preparation for relief of her menopausal symptoms. Ophthalmological assessment showed a left inferior hemiretinal vein thrombosis. The temporal relation between the onset of visual symptoms and ingestion of this herbal preparation suggested that in this patient with a prior non-manifest prothrombotic tendency, there may be an association between the development of retinal vein thrombosis and herbal phytoestrogen use.

Published 6 April 2005 in Postgrad Med J, 81(954): 266-7.
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