[Cortical blindness following arteria vertebralis angiography (author's transl)].
Six patients suffered from cortical blindness following vertebral artery angiography. A connection of the incident with the technical procedure or a particularly great amount of applied contrast material, could not be seen. Vasospasm, stasis of contrast material in the arteria calcarina and a toxic lesion seem possible explanations, because the cortical blindness was fully reversible in all cases within some hours or days. Signs for an arterial embolisation did not exist, a finding, which is consistent with the literature.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001766:Blindness / Q000209:etiology*; D002533:Cerebral Angiography / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007049:Iatrogenic Disease; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014711:Vertebral Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*
Komplikationen der Vertebralisangiographie. Bericht über 6 Fälle von Rindenblindheit