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Neuro-Ophthalmology Volume 10, 1990 - Issue 1
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Original Article

Transient cortical amaurosis in an adult

Kirsi Setälä Department of Ophthalmology, University of Helsinki, Finland
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Pekka Ruusuvaara Department of Ophthalmology, University of Helsinki, Finland
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Markku Paloheimo Department of Anaesthesia, University of Helsinki, Finland
Pages 23-26 | Accepted 10 Oct 1989, Published online: 08 Jul 2009
 
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Abstract

A 55-year-old woman suffering from chronic obstructive and restrictive pulmonary disease, after retention of carbon dioxide with unconsciousness, suffered transient visual loss with full recovery within five weeks. Computerized tomography was normal. Transient cortical blindness has been reported mainly in children and is a rare phenomenon among adults.

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