Cortical blindness following coronary angiography.
A 53-year-old man developed transient cortical blindness after coronary angiography, which appears to be an adverse reaction to contrast agent. A possible mechanism of this complication is contrast penetration of the blood-brain barrier with direct neurotoxicity to the occipital cortex.
Kwok
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Cardiac Department, National University Hospital, 5 Lower Kent Ridge Road, Singapore 119074.
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D000208:Acute Disease; D019575:Blindness, Cortical / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000175:diagnosis; D003287:Contrast Media / Q000009:adverse effects*; D017023:Coronary Angiography / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014283:Triiodobenzoic Acids / Q000009:adverse effects*
D003287:Contrast Media; D014283:Triiodobenzoic Acids; C054871:ioversol