title: [Sudden visual loss in a 7-year old patient].
abstract: A 7-year-old boy presented to us with a sudden bilateral decrease in visual acuity. At the age of 4 months bilateral congenital glaucoma had been diagnosed and trabeculotomy performed. Eye pressure and fundus were monitored regularly. Both magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography revealed a giant supraclinoid aneurysm originating in the right internal carotid artery. After comprehensive examinations endovascular balloon occlusion of the internal carotid artery was performed in conjunction with extracranial-intracranial bypass to augment the insufficient circulation.
authors.affiliation: Ambulanz für Schielen, Kinderophthalmologie und Rehabilitation Sehbehinderter, Augenklinik der Medizinischen Universität Graz, Graz, Austria. brandner.martina@gmx.at
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Brandner
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lindner
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Langmann
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D001766:Blindness / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*
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