Transient acute cortical blindness associated with hypoglycemia.
A 7-year-old boy with glycogen storage disease type III developed transient acute cortical blindness associated with hypoglycemia on two separate occasions; the patient also demonstrated transient high-voltage slowing on the electroencephalogram over both occipital areas. This patient is the second examined in our pediatric department during a 5 year period with acute cortical blindness associated with hypoglycemia.
D001766:Blindness / Q000503:physiopathology*; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D002648:Child; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral / Q000502:physiology; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005074:Evoked Potentials, Visual; D006008:Glycogen Storage Disease / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006015:Glycogen Storage Disease Type VIII / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D007003:Hypoglycemia / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D014793:Visual Cortex / Q000503:physiopathology*
D001786:Blood Glucose