title: Transient blindness in a preeclamptic patient secondary to cerebral edema.
abstract: Blindness associated with a cerebral lesion has been described as cortical blindness. This is the first reported case in which computerized tomography has documented cerebral edema to be the cause of cortical blindness in a preeclamptic patient.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Hawaii, John A. Burns School of Medicine, Honolulu, USA.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shieh
authors.forename: T S
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Kosasa
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tomai
authors.forename: R T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Nakayama
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001766:Blindness / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001929:Brain Edema / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002585:Cesarean Section; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D002546:Ischemic Attack, Transient / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011225:Pre-Eclampsia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011247:Pregnancy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed