Permanent bilateral cortical blindness due to reversible posterior leukoencephalopathy syndrome

Journal of Nippon Medical School

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 184-188

  Iwama, Mayumi ^a   Takahashi, Hiroshi ^a   Takagi, Ryo ^a   Hiraoka, Miki ^b  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blindness; Hypertension retinopathy; Posterior leukoencephalopathy syndrome

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE SODIUM SUCCINATE; NICARDIPINE; NITROGEN; UREA;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAIN EDEMA; CAPSULA INTERNA; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL BLINDNESS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISORIENTATION; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; EYE EXAMINATION; EYE FUNDUS; EYE SWELLING; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTENSION RETINOPATHY; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; LETHARGY; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC DISK; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PONS; POSTERIOR REVERSIBLE ENCEPHALOPATHY SYNDROME; PUPIL REFLEX; REFLEX DISORDER; REPEATED DRUG DOSE; RETINA EXUDATE; RETINA HEMORRHAGE; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SOMNOLENCE; THALAMUS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; VERTIGO; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; BLINDNESS, CORTICAL; FUNDUS OCULI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTERIOR LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY SYNDROME; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79959672017     PISSN: 13454676     EISSN: 13473409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1272/jnms.78.184     Document Type: Article

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