Abstract
A 54-year-old caucasian male developed bilateral blindness during an oxygen-ozone injection for disc herniation. The visual loss (VL) was immediately followed by severe frontal headache, vomiting, and nausea. The patient underestimated the VL showing Anton's syndrome, with a complete visual recovery after 2-month follow-up. Magnetic resonance data were consistent with recent ischemic lesions in bilateral vascular territories of posterior cerebral arteries.
MeSH terms
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Blindness, Cortical / diagnosis
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Blindness, Cortical / etiology*
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Brain / diagnostic imaging
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Embolism, Air / complications*
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Embolism, Air / diagnosis
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Follow-Up Studies
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Humans
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Injections
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Intervertebral Disc Displacement / therapy*
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Intracranial Embolism / complications*
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Intracranial Embolism / diagnosis
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Lumbar Vertebrae*
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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Male
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Middle Aged
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Oxygen / administration & dosage
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Oxygen / adverse effects*
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Ozone / administration & dosage
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Ozone / adverse effects*
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Sacrum
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Tomography, Optical Coherence
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Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Ultrasonography, Doppler, Transcranial