Post-traumatic transient cortical blindness in a child with occipital bone fracture

Highlights • Post-traumatic transient cortical blindness (PTTCB) can occur following minor blunt head trauma. • It is often transient and lasts less than 24 h. • Patients are normally from a paediatric age group. • Vasospasm and cortical edema are two main hypotheses behind the pathophysiology of PT...

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Published inJournal of clinical neuroscience Vol. 34; pp. 225 - 227
Main Author Ng, Rachel H.C
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Scotland Elsevier Ltd 01.12.2016
Subjects
Accidental Falls
Blindness - diagnostic imaging
Blindness - etiology
Blindness, Cortical - diagnostic imaging
Blindness, Cortical - etiology
Child
Children
Cortical blindness
Female
Head injury
Humans
Neurology
Neurosurgery
Occipital Bone - diagnostic imaging
Occipital Bone - injuries
Skull Fractures - complications
Skull Fractures - diagnostic imaging
Cortical blindness
Children
Neurosurgery
Head injury
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Summary:Highlights • Post-traumatic transient cortical blindness (PTTCB) can occur following minor blunt head trauma. • It is often transient and lasts less than 24 h. • Patients are normally from a paediatric age group. • Vasospasm and cortical edema are two main hypotheses behind the pathophysiology of PTTCB. • CT scan and MRI are essential to exclude a surgical cause and guide the treatment plan.
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ISSN:0967-5868
1532-2653
DOI:10.1016/j.jocn.2016.08.010