Blindness after confinement

Author: LAWSON, Gerald W.

Source: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Volume 47, Number 5, October 2007 , pp. 425-427(3)

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

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Abstract:

Four days after an elective caesarean section, a patient went blind within a few hours, associated with a sudden rise in blood pressure. The blindness, initially thought to be caused by a cerebral infarct, was ultimately diagnosed as a result of posterior reversible leuco-encephalopathy syndrome. This rare syndrome is reviewed.

Keywords: blindness; magnetic resonance imaging; posterior reversible leucoencephalopathy syndrome; pre-eclampsia

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1479-828X.2007.00771.x

Publication date: 2007-10-01