Open AccessCortical Blindness due to Bilateral Occipital Infarcts in a Renal Failure Patient with Prostate Cancer: A Rare Complication of Hemodialysis
Author(s) -
Ömer Gökhan Doluoğlu,
M. Sinan Sarıcaoğlu,
Çetin Volkan Öztekin,
Ahmet Karakurt,
Ali Osman Akdemir,
Erdem Koç
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
case reports in medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.2
H-Index - 20
eISSN - 1687-9627
pISSN - 1687-9635
DOI - 10.1155/2013/539761
Subject(s) - medicine , hemodialysis , complication , dialysis , blindness , cortical blindness , surgery , optometry
Loss of vision is a rare complication seen in hemodialysis patients. It is thought to develop because of the hypotension that can be observed during dialysis. This paper involves a patient with acute loss of vision during hemodialysis due to bilateral occipital infarcts.
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