Doruk Erkan, MD
Assistant Attending Physician, Hospital for Special Surgery
Instructor of Medicine, Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Anne R. Bass, MD
Associate Attending Physician, Hospital for Special Surgery
Associate Director Rheumatology Fellowship Program, Hospital for Special Surgery
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College
Jane E. Salmon, MD
Collette Kean Research Chair, Hospital for Special Surgery
Senior Scientist, Hospital for Special Surgery
Attending Physician, Hospital for Special Surgery
Co-Director, The Mary Kirkland Center for Lupus Research, Hospital for Special Surgery
Professor of Medicine, Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Professor of Medicine in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Michael D. Lockshin, MD
Senior Clinical Investigator, Hospital for Special Surgery
Professor of Medicine and OB-GYN, Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Director, Barbara Volcker Center for Women and Rheumatic Disease, Hospital for Special Surgery
Co-Director, Mary Kirkland Center for Lupus Research, Hospital for Special Surgery
Diane George, MD
Department of Internal Medicine, St. Lukes-Roosevelt Hospital Center
Lisa Vasanth, MD
Department of Rheumatology, Hospital for Special Surgery
Abstract:
A 29 year-old woman (Gravida 1 Para 0) was transferred to New York Presbyterian Hospital (NYPH) for the evaluation of complete vision loss in the left eye, which occurred four days after an emergency medical abortion due to HELLP (hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, and low platelets) syndrome.
This article appears in HSS Journal: Volume 3, Number 2.
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About the HSS Journal
HSS Journal, an academic peer-reviewed journal, is published twice a year, February and September, and features articles by internal faculty and HSS alumni that present current research and clinical work in the field of musculoskeletal medicine performed at HSS, including research articles, surgical procedures, and case reports.