Transient blindness in a preeclamptic patient secondary to cerebral edema.
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.
Shieh
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Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Hawaii, John A. Burns School of Medicine, Honolulu, USA.
Kosasa
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Tomai
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Nakayama
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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