A Case of Bilateral Blindness Occurred During General Anesthesia for Anterior Cerebral Communicating Artery Aneurysm Surgery.
- Author:
Joon Sang PARK
1
;
Hanho SHIN
Author Information
1. Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, Soon Chun HYang University, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- MeSH:
Anesthesia, General*;
Aneurysm*;
Arteries*;
Blindness*;
Consciousness;
Female;
Hand;
Humans;
Middle Aged;
Neck;
Prunus;
Pupil;
Reflex;
Retina;
Supine Position;
Visual Acuity
- From:Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society
1987;28(3):721-725
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
The authors have experienced a case of bilateral blindness which occurred during general anesthesia for neurosurgical intervention. A 49-year-old female patient was received aneurysmal neck clipping of anterior cerebral communicating artery under N O general anesthesia in supine position on July, the 21th, 1986, and at regaining consciousness, she complained of loss of vision. At inital examination, visual acuity of right eye was light perception and left eye was hand movement. Pupils were mid-dilated and light reflexes were lost on both eyes. Anterior segments were normal with no limitation of ocular movements. The retinas were milky edematous with cherry red spot at the macula and VEPs showed flat curves on both eyes.
