Home > Journals > Indian Journal of Emergency Medicine

Indian Journal of Emergency Medicine

Submit your article Read this Journals View all journals
Full Text (PDF)
Case Report

Post Traumatic Transient Cortical Blindness

Sajid Nomani, H.O.D & Consultant, Dept. of Emergency Medicine, AMRI Hospitals, Khandagiri, Shankarpur, Odisha 751030, India. , Manas Pandey1 , Debasis Mishra2 , Sajid Nomani3

Author Information

Licence:



Indian Journal of Emergency Medicine 4(2):p 162-163, April-June 2018. | DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21088/ijem.2395.311X.4218.18

How Cite This Article:

Timeline

Received : N/A         Accepted : N/A          Published : N/A

Abstract

Transient cortical blindness is a rare complication of mild head trauma, but it always creates fear in the patient and their family. However, it usually has a benign outcome. Post traumatic Transient Cortical Blindness is defined as temporary and complete visual loss associated with normal pupillary reflexes and fundoscopic examination with return of visual function without any long term neurological complications following minor head trauma. Since the number of reported cases are very less, transient blindness after head injury has been mostly attributed to hysteria if brain imaging and fundoscopy examination is normal. Post traumatic Transient Cortical Blindness was first reported by Lemiere [in 1918]but its pathophysiology is still unknown. We report one such case of transient blindness.

Keywords: Head Injury; Transient Blindness; Cortical Blindness; Brain Cortex; Post Traumatic Blindness.

References

No records found.


About this article

Cite this article

Licence:



Received Accepted Published
N/A N/A N/A
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21088/ijem.2395.311X.4218.18

Keywords


Article Level Metrics

Last Updated

Friday 06 November 2026, 19:23:19 (IST)

6722

Accesses

20
1046
00

Citations


NA
NA
NA

Download citation


Article Keywords

Keyword Highlighting

Highlight selected keywords in the article text.


Timeline

Received N/A
Accepted N/A
Published N/A

licence




Access this article

Reprint Order Form
Buy this Article
Institutional Subscriptions

Share