| Title |
Cortical Blindness Following a Near-Drowning Incident |
| Creator |
Koo, Ellen H; Boxerman, Jerrold L; Murphy, Marjorie A |
| Affiliation |
Department of Ophthalmology, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island |
| Abstract |
Victims of near-drowning incidents often suffer neurologic injury with long-term sequelae secondary to hypoxic-ischemic injury. We describe a case of profound visual loss due to bilateral occipital lobe infarcts in a 23-year-old male victim of a near-drowning incident. |
| Subject |
Blindness, Cortical; Cerebral Infarction; Humans; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Male; Near Drowning; Occipital Lobe; Visual Acuity; Young Adult |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Publication Type |
Journal Article |
| Collection |
Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology Archives: https://novel.utah.edu/jno/ |
| Publisher |
Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins |
| Holding Institution |
Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah |
| Rights Management |
© North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society |
| Setname |
ehsl_novel_jno |
| ID |
227232 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6jx1m0m/227232 |
