Oral contraceptive retinal

Garg SK, Chase HP, Marshall G, Hoops SL, Holmes DL, Jackson WE. Oral contraceptives and renal and retinal complications in young women with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. JAMA 1994 271(14) 1099-102. 

Among the less common forms of thromboembolism that have been reported is occlusion of the retinal vein, familiar with the oral contraceptives but unusual with HRT (36). 

In 1965 Walsh, Clark, Thompson and Nicholson [311] (see also [312]) suggested a possible link between oral contraceptives and neuro-opthalmo-logic damage. In the same year Kuvin, Harner and Smith [313] reported the dilatation of retinal veins in monkeys given various oral contraceptives. In general the degree of dilatation varied with the dose. Meyer, Leibowitz,... 

Studies 1 Faust and Tyler [315], and by Connell and Kelman [316] have failed to reveal a significantly different incidence of eye abnormalities in pill users. Both groups of workers pointed out the limitations inherent in studies involving relatively small groups of patients. Two cases of retinal oedema secondary to the use of oral contraceptives have been reported by Goren [317], Four cases studied by Salmon, Winkelman and Gay [318] led these authors to the conclusion that neuro-opthalmic sequelae may be secondary to vascular disease. A possible connection between oral contraceptives and ocular complications in users of contact lenses has been mentioned by several workers (see for example [319]). 

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