Reversible acute cortical blindness associated with eclampsia in complete hydatidiform mole

Irish Journal of Medical Science

Volumn 180, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 287-290

  Adali, E ^a   Kurdoglu, M ^a   Avcu, S ^a   Yildizhan, R ^a   Adali, F ^b   Kolusari, A ^a  

^a YUZUNCU YIL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Women and Child Diseases Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cortical blindness; Eclampsia; Hydatidiform mole; Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; DIAZEPAM; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; LIOTHYRONINE; MAGNESIUM SULFATE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABNORMAL LABORATORY RESULT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN EDEMA; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL BLINDNESS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONVULSION; DYSMENORRHEA; ECLAMPSIA; ECLAMPSIA AND PREECLAMPSIA; FEMALE; FREE LIOTHYRONINE INDEX; HUMAN; HYDATIDIFORM MOLE; MENSTRUAL IRREGULARITY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTERIOR REVERSIBLE ENCEPHALOPATHY SYNDROME; PROTEINURIA; SEIZURE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; URINALYSIS; VAGINA BLEEDING; VISUAL DISORDER;

BLINDNESS, CORTICAL; ECLAMPSIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDATIDIFORM MOLE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREGNANCY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UTERINE NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79954432258     PISSN: 00211265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11845-009-0370-0     Document Type: Article

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