title: [Postoperative cortical blindness after right upper lung lobectomy].
abstract: Changes in vision after non-ophthalmic surgery are a serious complication that can have devastating consequences due to its potential irreversibility. This not only leads to medical problems, but also legal ones. Many causes that affect sight during the peri-operative period have been identified, whether due to optic nerve damage or of extra-ocular origin (in the neuro-optic pathways and/or cerebral cortex). AU these may have a multifactorial origin, and there is still controversy as regards it pathogenesis and treatment. We present the case of a thoracic surgery patient who had a bilateral amaurosis in the post-operative period, which had a favourable outcome.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Anestesiología y Reanimación, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, España. Electronic address: mbausili@santpau.es.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bausili
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Abreu
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Unzueta
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: García Álvarez
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Crespí
authors.forename: M V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Moral
mesh_terms: D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001241:Aspirin / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D019575:Blindness, Cortical / Q000209:etiology*; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy; D002531:Cerebellum / Q000098:blood supply; D002533:Cerebral Angiography / Q000379:methods; D003118:Color Perception; D015897:Comorbidity; D003244:Consciousness Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D004401:Dysarthria / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006493:Heparin / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D020766:Intracranial Embolism / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy; D007806:Language Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D054038:Posterior Leukoencephalopathy Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D000925:Anticoagulants; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors; D006493:Heparin; D001241:Aspirin