Visual field loss resulting from cervical chiropractic manipulation.
OBJECTIVE
To report a complication of chiropractic cervical manipulation.


METHODS
Case report. A healthy 39-year-old woman developed sudden left peripheral visual field loss after chiropractic neck manipulation.


RESULTS
Visual field testing disclosed a left superior homonymous hemianopsia. A magnetic resonance imaging scan performed the day of the event disclosed acute infarction of the ventromedial aspect of the inferior right occipital lobe.


CONCLUSIONS
Cerebral infarct may occur as a result of chiropractic neck manipulation.
Donzis
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Department of Ophthalmology, Jules Stein Eye Institute, UCLA School of Medicine, USA. pdonzis@usa.net
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D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae; D002684:Chiropractic; D005260:Female; D006423:Hemianopsia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008349:Manipulation, Orthopedic / Q000009:adverse effects*; D009333:Neck; D009778:Occipital Lobe / Q000473:pathology; D014792:Visual Acuity; D014794:Visual Fields