Indian Journal of Ophthalmology

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Year
: 2016  |  Volume : 64  |  Issue : 12  |  Page : 944--946

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

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Cristiana Valente
26 Via Michele Coppino, 12100 Cuneo
Italy

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.


How to cite this article:
Vaiano AS, Valente C, De Benedetti G, Caramello G. Transient cortical blindness after intradiscal oxygen–ozone therapy.Indian J Ophthalmol 2016;64:944-946


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Vaiano AS, Valente C, De Benedetti G, Caramello G. Transient cortical blindness after intradiscal oxygen–ozone therapy. Indian J Ophthalmol [serial online] 2016 [cited 2024 Mar 28 ];64:944-946
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