Cortical blindness in a preeclamptic patient after a cesarean delivery complicated by hypotension.
Visual strokes can occur after prolonged hypotension or as a complication of preeclampsia-eclampsia. This case describes the diagnostic dilemma posed by a patient who developed transient blindness after a hypotensive episode during cesarean delivery for severe preeclampsia-eclampsia.
Borromeo
C J
CJ
Departments of Anesthesiology and Radiology, Lahey Clinic, Burlington, j.borromeo@lahey.org
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Wiley
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Hirsch
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D000328:Adult; D019575:Blindness, Cortical / Q000209:etiology*; D002585:Cesarean Section; D005260:Female; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007022:Hypotension / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D011225:Pre-Eclampsia / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011249:Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular / Q000503:physiopathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed