Postictal cortical visual impairment: a symptom of posterior reversible encephalopathy.
We describe a patient presenting with a first generalized convulsion after alcohol consumption, in whom the early postictal finding of a rapidly regressive cortical visual impairment suggested the presence of a posterior reversible encephalopathy. This was confirmed radiologically, and probably represented the key factor in the seizure etiology.
Lysandropoulos
Andreas P
AP
Service de Neurologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois and Université de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland. andreas.lysandropoulos@chuv.ch
Rossetti
Andrea O
AO
D000368:Aged; D001929:Brain Edema / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D002534:Hypoxia, Brain / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D012640:Seizures / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*