Open AccessCortical blindness in a child with acute glomerulonephritis
Author(s) -
K Kaarthigeyan,
A M Vijayalakshmi
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
indian journal of nephrology/indian journal of nephrology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.317
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 1998-3662
pISSN - 0971-4065
DOI - 10.4103/0971-4065.86408
Subject(s) - cortical blindness , medicine , hypertensive encephalopathy , blindness , encephalopathy , acute glomerulonephritis , glomerulonephritis , complication , blood pressure , pediatrics , girl , kidney , optometry , psychology , developmental psychology
The association between hypertensive encephalopathy and cortical blindness in children with acute glomerulonephritis is extremely rare. We report the case of a 9-year old girl who presented with headache, seizures, altered sensorium, hematuria, and transient cortical blindness as a complication of hypertensive encephalopathy which showed complete reversal following normalization of blood pressure and an underlying post-infectious acute glomerulonephritis was revealed.