Cortical blindness following a near-drowning incident

Ellen H. Koo; Jerrold L. Boxerman; Marjorie A. Murphy

doi:10.1097/WNO.0b013e318228dc87

Cortical blindness following a near-drowning incident

Ellen H. Koo, Jerrold L. Boxerman, Marjorie A. Murphy

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Abstract

Victims of near-drowning incidents often suffer neurologic injury with long-term sequelae secondary to hypoxic-ischemic injury. We describe a case of profound visual loss due to bilateral occipital lobe infarcts in a 23-year-old male victim of a near-drowning incident.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	347-349
Number of pages	3
Journal	Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology
Volume	31
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/WNO.0b013e318228dc87
State	Published - Dec 1 2011
Externally published	Yes

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Ophthalmology
Clinical Neurology

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Cortical blindness following a near-drowning incident

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