Chiasmal stroke following open-heart surgery.
A 62-year-old man awoke from aortic valve replacement surgery with a total loss of vision in his right eye and a temporal visual field defect in his left eye. Automated visual field examination confirmed a right-sided anterior junction syndrome, and a right-sided chiasmal infarct was demonstrated by MRI. Although rare, chiasmal stroke is a potential complication of open-heart surgery.
Fabian
Ido Didi
ID
Goldschleger Eye Institute, Sheba Medical Center, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Hashomer, Israel. didifabian@gmail.com
Greenberg
Gahl
G
Huna-Baron
Ruth
R
D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009897:Optic Chiasm / Q000503:physiopathology*; D020521:Stroke / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods; D014792:Visual Acuity / Q000502:physiology; D014796:Visual Perception / Q000502:physiology