title: Sudden blindness associated with central nervous symptoms in a hemodialysis patient.
abstract: Purtscher's-like retinopathy as a cause of sudden blindness in hemodialysis patients is not widely known. This is believed to occur secondary to leukoembolization to retinal arterioles following complement activation. We describe a patient who developed sudden but reversible loss of vision on hemodialysis associated with varying reversible neurological signs and symptoms which we felt may have been a manifestation of leukoembolic aggregates lodging in the arterioles of the retina and central nervous system circulations.
authors.affiliation: Division of Nephrology, University Medical Center, Jacksonville, Fla.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Arora
authors.forename: F H
authors.initials: FH
authors.lastname: Lambrou
authors.forename: M W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Stewart
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Vidrine-Parks
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sandroni
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001766:Blindness / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D002493:Central Nervous System Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000009:adverse effects*; D012171:Retinal Vessels / Q000473:pathology