Reversible blindness in cryptococcal meningitis with normal intracranial pressure: case report and review of the literature.
Ocular complications in cryptococcal meningitis (CM) are commonly attributed to elevated intracranial pressure (ICP). We report a case of reversible vision loss complicating AIDS-related CM with a normal ICP. We review other cases of blindness in CM with normal ICP and the potential role of corticosteroids as treatment.
Tinsley Harrison Internal Medicine Residency Program.
Pooja A
PA
Ghatalia
Tinsley Harrison Internal Medicine Residency Program.
Amanda
A
Vick
Division of Radiology.
Surjith
S
Vattoth
Division of Radiology.
Glenn H
GH
Roberson
Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Peter G
PG
Pappas
D000328:Adult; D001766:Blindness / Q000209:etiology*; D006257:Head / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007427:Intracranial Pressure; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D016919:Meningitis, Cryptococcal / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology*; D011859:Radiography
blindness; cryptococcosis; intracranial pressure; meningitis