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[Post-traumatic transient cortical blindness]
P Chalumeau1, S Cantagrel, M A Barthez-Carpentier
1Service de Neurochirurgie Pédiatrique, Centre de Pédiatrie Gatien-de-Clocheville, Tours.
Background:
Transient cortical blindness is a rare complication of mild head trauma in children. This spectacular manifestation always has a benign outcome.
Case Report:
A five-year-old girl was admitted for bilateral blindness immediately following a fall with frontal head injury. Neurological examinations and ophthalmological investigations showed no abnormalities. The electroencephalogram showed slow waves in the left occipital area. The blindness resolved completely within 3 hours.
Conclusion:
This bilateral blindness was similar to that of the 40 cases reported since 1964, including a rapid and benign outcome. Its mechanism is not clear, although some suggest a cerebral vasospasm. Our patient's mother has a history of migraine.