Amaurosis following blood loss.
Complete and permanent amaurosis following blood loss is exceptional and occurs in elderly persons with previous circulatory disturbances. We present a case of unilateral amaurosis in an 18-year-old boy following gastric hemorrhage. To the best of our knowledge this is the first documented case of permanent amaurosis following blood loss in a young person.
D000293:Adolescent; D001766:Blindness / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D004381:Duodenal Ulcer / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D009898:Optic Disk / Q000098:blood supply*; D010438:Peptic Ulcer Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications*