Sudden Blindness Associated with Central Nervous Symptoms in a Hemodialysis Patient
| Autor: | Stephen Sandroni, Michael W. Stewart, Neeru Arora, Fred H. Lambrou, Lori Vidrine-Parks |
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| Rok vydání: | 1991 |
| Předmět: |
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medicine.medical_specialty Pediatrics Resuscitation medicine.medical_treatment Eye disease Blindness chemistry.chemical_compound Central Nervous System Diseases Ischemia Renal Dialysis medicine Humans business.industry Retinal Vessels Retinal medicine.disease Surgery chemistry Sudden blindness Female Hemodialysis business Complication Retinopathy |
| Zdroj: | Nephron. 59:490-492 |
| ISSN: | 2235-3186 1660-8151 |
| Popis: | Purtscher's-like retinopathy as a cause of sudden blindness in hemodialysis patients is not widely known. This is believed to occur secondary to leukoembolization to retinal arterioles following complement activation. We describe a patient who developed sudden but reversible loss of vision on hemodialysis associated with varying reversible neurological signs and symptoms which we felt may have been a manifestation of leukoembolic aggregates lodging in the arterioles of the retina and central nervous system circulations. |
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