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Reversible blindness in cryptococcal meningitis with normal intracranial pressure: case report and review of the literature.

Abstract
Ocular complications in cryptococcal meningitis (CM) are commonly attributed to elevated intracranial pressure (ICP). We report a case of reversible vision loss complicating AIDS-related CM with a normal ICP. We review other cases of blindness in CM with normal ICP and the potential role of corticosteroids as treatment.
AuthorsPooja A Ghatalia, Amanda Vick, Surjith Vattoth, Glenn H Roberson, Peter G Pappas
JournalClinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (Clin Infect Dis) Vol. 59 Issue 2 Pg. 310-3 (Jul 15 2014) ISSN: 1537-6591 [Electronic] United States
PMID24704725 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article, Review)
Copyright© The Author 2014. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please e-mail: [email protected].
Topics
  • Adult
  • Blindness (etiology)
  • Head (diagnostic imaging)
  • Humans
  • Intracranial Pressure
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Meningitis, Cryptococcal (complications, pathology)
  • Radiography

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