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Blindness after confinement
Author(s) -
LAWSON Gerald W.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.734
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1479-828X
pISSN - 0004-8666
DOI - 10.1111/j.1479-828x.2007.00771.x
Subject(s) - blindness , cortical blindness , medicine , posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome , encephalopathy , pediatrics , optometry , magnetic resonance imaging , radiology
Four days after an elective caesarean section, a patient went blind within a few hours, associated with a sudden rise in blood pressure. The blindness, initially thought to be caused by a cerebral infarct, was ultimately diagnosed as a result of posterior reversible leuco‐encephalopathy syndrome. This rare syndrome is reviewed.