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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-6-18
pubmed:abstractText
Transient cortical blindness is an uncommon but well-known complication following cerebral angiography. One possible cause of this complication is an adverse reaction to contrast agent, resulting in an osmotic disruption of the blood-brain barrier that seems to be selective for the occipital cortex. We report the case of a 16-year-old male patient with cortical blindness after intravenous application of nonionic contrast agent during CT angiography performed because of seizure that was attributed to thrombosis of the basilar artery on the basis of clinical findings. To our knowledge, the development of cortical blindness after CT angiography has not been described in the literature. The patient's symptoms were triggered by hyponatriemia and diabetes insipidus.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0195-6108
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
24
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1114-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-2-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12812935-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:12812935-Arachnoid Cysts, pubmed-meshheading:12812935-Blindness, Cortical, pubmed-meshheading:12812935-Brain Edema, pubmed-meshheading:12812935-Cerebral Angiography, pubmed-meshheading:12812935-Contrast Media, pubmed-meshheading:12812935-Diagnosis, Differential, pubmed-meshheading:12812935-Echo-Planar Imaging, pubmed-meshheading:12812935-Epilepsy, Tonic-Clonic, pubmed-meshheading:12812935-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:12812935-Hyponatremia, pubmed-meshheading:12812935-Image Enhancement, pubmed-meshheading:12812935-Iohexol, pubmed-meshheading:12812935-Magnetic Resonance Angiography, pubmed-meshheading:12812935-Magnetic Resonance Imaging, pubmed-meshheading:12812935-Male, pubmed-meshheading:12812935-Occipital Lobe, pubmed-meshheading:12812935-Remission, Spontaneous, pubmed-meshheading:12812935-Tomography, X-Ray Computed, pubmed-meshheading:12812935-Vertebrobasilar Insufficiency
pubmed:articleTitle
Cortical blindness after contrast-enhanced CT: complication in a patient with diabetes insipidus.
pubmed:affiliation
Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University of Jena, Bachstrasse 18, 07740 Jena, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports