title: Acute cortical blindness complicating pre-eclampsia.
abstract: Cortical blindness in pre-eclampsia due petechial hemorrhages, ischemia, focal edema and infarction of the occipital cortex, is mostly reversible.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Cerrahpasa School of Medicine, Istanbul University.
authors.forename: S O
authors.initials: SO
authors.lastname: Ozkan
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Korbeyli
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bese
authors.forename: C T
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Erel
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001766:Blindness / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D001929:Brain Edema / Q000209:etiology; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000209:etiology; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000209:etiology; D002585:Cesarean Section; D005260:Female; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D009778:Occipital Lobe / Q000098:blood supply; D011225:Pre-Eclampsia / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D011247:Pregnancy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed