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[Post-traumatic transient cortical blindness].

P Chalumeau·S Cantagrel·M A Barthez-Carpentier·J Maheut-Lourmière·J J Santini
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BACKGROUND: Transient cortical blindness is a rare complication of mild head trauma in children. This spectacular manifestation always has a benign outcome. CASE REPORT: A five-year-old girl was admitted for bilateral blindness immediately following a fall with frontal head injury. Neurological examinations and ophthalmological investigations showed no abnormalities. The electroencephalogram showed slow waves in the left occipital area. The blindness resolved completely within 3 hours. CONCLUSION: This bilateral blindness was similar to that of the 40 cases reported since 1964, including a rapid and benign outcome. Its mechanism is not clear, although some suggest a cerebral vasospasm. Our patient's mother has a history of migraine.

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P Chalumeau, S Cantagrel, M A Barthez-Carpentier, J Maheut-Lourmière, J J Santini. 1993. [Post-traumatic transient cortical blindness].. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8053770/

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