Transient blindness following intracranial pressure changes in a hydrocephalic child with a V-P shunt

✍ Scribed by S. Constantini; F. Umansky; R. Nesher; M. Shalit

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 1987
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 507 KB
• Volume: 3
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0256-7040
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00270713

✦ Synopsis

A hydrocephalic child with a V-P shunt developed transient blindness following shunt revision. A year later, visual function deteriorated when shunt malfunction occurred. Following shunt revision, the child regained sight. The effects of intracranial hypertension and hypotension on the visual pathways are discussed.