Visual field loss resulting from cervical chiropractic manipulation
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1Department of Ophthalmology, Jules Stein Eye Institute, UCLA School of Medicine, USA. pdonzis@usa.net
Purpose:
To report a complication of chiropractic cervical manipulation.
Method:
Case report. A healthy 39-year-old woman developed sudden left peripheral visual field loss after chiropractic neck manipulation.
Results:
Visual field testing disclosed a left superior homonymous hemianopsia. A magnetic resonance imaging scan performed the day of the event disclosed acute infarction of the ventromedial aspect of the inferior right occipital lobe.
Conclusion:
Cerebral infarct may occur as a result of chiropractic neck manipulation.
