Cortical blindness and hepatic encephalopathy.
OBJECTIVE
To present a case of permanent cortical blindness (CB) following hepatic encephalopathy.


METHODS
Systematic clinical examination and further investigations to elicit the diagnosis.


CONCLUSIONS
Complete CB is an uncommon neurological disorder and is rarely persistent. In rare cases of hepatic encephalopathy, the visual cortex may be affected and CB may occur, which resolves following treatment of the hepatic encephalopathy. We report a previously unreported complication involving permanent CB following hepatic encephalopathy in a young man.
Ammar
T
T
King's College Hospital, Camberwell, London, UK.
Auzinger
G
G
Auwzinger
G
G
Michaelides
M
M
D000328:Adult; D019575:Blindness, Cortical / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006501:Hepatic Encephalopathy / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014793:Visual Cortex / Q000473:pathology