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Year : 2016 | Volume
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Transient cortical blindness after intradiscal oxygen–ozone therapy
Agostino Salvatore Vaiano1, Cristiana Valente1, Giacomo De Benedetti2, Guido Caramello1
1 Struttura Complessa di Oculistica, Azienda Ospedaliera Santa Croce e Carle di Cuneo, Cuneo, Italy 2 Department of Ophthalmology, Hospital Quirón San Sebastián, Spain
Correspondence Address:
Cristiana Valente 26 Via Michele Coppino, 12100 Cuneo Italy
Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None | Check |
DOI: 10.4103/0301-4738.198858
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A 54-year-old caucasian male developed bilateral blindness during an oxygen–ozone injection for disc herniation. The visual loss (VL) was immediately followed by severe frontal headache, vomiting, and nausea. The patient underestimated the VL showing Anton's syndrome, with a complete visual recovery after 2-month follow-up. Magnetic resonance data were consistent with recent ischemic lesions in bilateral vascular territories of posterior cerebral arteries. |
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