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  • Title: A Rare Hydrocephalus Complication: Cortical Blindness.
    Author: Ünal E, Göçmen R, Işıkay Aİ, Tekşam Ö.
    Journal: Turk J Pediatr; 2015; 57(5):525-8. PubMed ID: 27411424.
    Abstract:
    Cortical blindness related to bilateral occipital lobe infarction is an extremely rare complication of hydrocephalus. Compression of the posterior cerebral artery, secondary to tentorial herniation, is the cause of occipital infarction. Particularly in children and mentally ill patients, cortical blindness may be missed. Therefore, early diagnosis and treatment of hydrocephalus is important. We present herein a child of ventricular shunt malfunction complicated by cortical blindness.
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